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Published in final edited form as: J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2023 Mar 3;47(2):1–9. doi: 10.22514/jocpd.2023.007

Table 3.

Distribution of DDE codes among various dentitions.

	Primary Teeth					Permanent Teeth
	HI (n = 184)	HEU (n = 186)	HUU (n = 184)	p value HI vs. HUU	p value HEU vs. HUU	HI (n = 184)	HEU (n = 186)	HUU (n = 184)	p value HI vs. HUU	p value HEU vs. HUU
Present	27 (15%)	18 (10%)	17 (9%)	0.11	0.16	18 (10%)	21 (11%)	15 (8%)	0.58	0.31
Absent	157 (85%)	168 (90%)	167 (91%)	0.11	0.16	166 (90%)	165 (89%)	169 (92%)	0.58	0.31
1. Demarcated Opacity	17 (9%)	2 (1%)	10 (5%)	<0.01	0.02	36 (20%)	41 (22%)	14 (8%)	<0.01	<0.01
2. Diffuse Opacity	17 (9%)	6 (3%)	11 (6%)	0.01	0.30	11 (6%)	26 (14%)	20 (11%)	0.10	0.17
3. Hypoplasia	45 (24%)	22 (12%)	19 (10%)	<0.01	0.62	9 (5%)	5 (3%)	7 (4%)	0.61	0.54
4. Other defects	7 (4%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0.01	-	5 (3%)	0 (0%)	1 (1%)	0.10	0.01
5. Demarcated & diffuse	1 (1%)	4 (2%)	1 (1%)	1.00	0.18	4 (2%)	6 (3%)	0 (0%)	0.04	0.01
6. Demarcated & hypoplasia	13 (7%)	5 (3%)	1 (1%)	<0.01	0.10	14 (8%)	0 (0%)	1 (1%)	<0.01	0.31
7. Diffuse & hypoplasia	3 (2%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0.08	-	2 (1%)	0 (0%)	2 (1%)	1.00	0.15
8. All three defects	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	-	-	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	-	-

HI: HIV-infected; HEU: HIV-exposed but uninfected; HUU: HIV-unexposed and uninfected.