SNP Analysis of Caries and Initial Caries in Finnish Adolescents

Table 1

General characteristics of the participants with nonmissing DNA sample ().

Characteristics	n	%	Missing, n
Gender
Male	47^a	50.0
Female	47^a	50.0
Caries
Initial caries lesions	60	68.2	6
No initial caries lesions	28	31.8
Caries lesions	30	34.5
No caries lesions	57	65.5	7
Smoking
Smoking regularly	16	17.2	1
Nonsmokers	77	82.8

^aOne was excluded because of discrepant gender check; thus, the overall number of participants in DNA analysis was 93.