Research Article
Dental Caries Pattern and Treatment Needs among Ugandan Adolescent Students: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 2
Distribution of decayed teeth according to gender among the students.
| | Variable | Categories | Male, N (%) | Female, N (%) | Total, n (%) | value |
| | Decayed teeth (n = 406) | No | 69 (43.9) | 83 (33.3) | 152 (37.4) | 0.031 | | Yes | 88 (56.1) | 166 (66.7) | 254 (62.6) | |
| | Number of decayed teeth (n = 254) | 1 | 29 (33.0) | 65 (39.2) | 94 (37.0) | 0.806 | | 2–3 | 34 (38.6) | 59 (35.5) | 93 (36.6) | | | 4–6 | 20 (22.7) | 33 (19.9) | 53 (20.9) | | | 7–8 | 5 (5.7) | 9 (5.4) | 14 (5.5) | |
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n: number; values: chi-square test. |
