Table 4.

Relation of asthma severity to demographic data, DMF score and gingival index.

Parameter		Asthma Severity			Test value	P-value	Sig.
		Mild	Moderate	Severe
		No. = 25	No. = 23	No. = 12
Age	Mean ± SD	7 ± 2.55	8.39 ± 2.33	8.25 ± 2.7	2.120*	0.129	NS
	Range	4–12	4–12	4–12
Gender	Male	14 (56%)	9 (39.1%)	7 (58.3%)	1.780***	0.411	NS
	Female	11 (44%)	14 (60.9%)	5 (41.7%)
DMF score	Median (IQR)	2 (2–4)	3 (2–5)	2 (1.5–3.5)	0.808**	0.668	NS
	Range	1–6	1–6	1–6
Gingival index	Mean ± SD	1.92 ± 0.4	1.97 ± 0.42	1.95 ± 0.49	0.083*	0.921	NS
	Range	1.4–2.6	1.4–2.6	1.4–2.8

NS, non-significant; Sig., significance; No., number.

Asthma severity had insignificant relation to demographic data, DMF score or gingival index.

^*One Way ANOVA test.

^**Kruskal–Wallis test.

^***Chi-square test.