Table 2.

Comparisons of oral cancer awareness, knowledge of risk factors, and health beliefs amongst the different groups of participants.

Type of participants	Dental students (n = 95)	Medical students (n = 61)	Dental vs medical students	Nonmedical/nondental student (n = 165)	General public (n = 149)	General students vs general public	Dental/medical vs nonmedical/nondental students	Dental/medical vs general public
			P value			P value	P value	P value
Q: Which of these types of cancer would you say you have heard of?
Oral cancer awareness	98%	90%	.06	62%	71%	.08	<.0001	<.0001
Q:Thinking now just about oral cancer, here is a list of things which may or may not be linked with oral cancer. Select any of these which you think may be linked to oral cancer.
Smoking	100%	97%	.15	92%	92%	.89	.003	.005
Car fumes	28%	43%	.05	40%	21%	.001	.22	.01
Alcohol use	84%	75%	.17	55%	42%	.02	<.0001	<.0001
Dental fillings	3%	18%	.002	18%	16%	.73	.02	.06
Chewing betel quid	98%	74%	<.0001	38%	56%	.001	<.0001	<.0001
Viruses	78%	82%	.54	50%	41%	.10	<.0001	<.0001
Q:Who develops cancer and who doesn't is a matter of chance, so there's nothing anybody can do to avoid it.
Strongly disagree/disagree	81%	84%	.69	71%	52%	.001	.02	<.0001

P values from Pearson chi-square test or Fisher exact test.