Table 2.

Comparison of oral health parameters between ALL survivors and healthy sibling controls

Parameter	Control Group (n = 20)	Case Group (n = 38)	p-value
Age (years)	10.5 (8.25–13.75)	9.0 (7.0–11.0)	0.098ᵃ
Sex, male n (%)	8 (40%)	17 (44.7%)	0.729ᵇ
ICDAS mean score	1.27 (0.75–1.82)	0.89 (0.45–1.62)	0.245ᵃ
ICDAS maximum score	5.0 (4.0–5.75)	5.0 (3.0–6.0)	0.831ᵃ
DMFT + dft index	11.5 (7.5–13.75)	9.0 (6.0–13.25)	0.137ᵃ
OHI-S score	1.40 (0.87–1.50)	1.49 (1.00–1.99)	0.381ᵃ
SFR (mL/min)	0.50 (0.23–0.71)	0.38 (0.20–0.50)	0.241ᵃ
Salivary pH	7.35 (7.18–7.53)	7.46 (7.27–7.73)	0.162ᵃ

Data presented as median (IQR) or n (%)

SFR Salivary flow rate, OHI-S Simplified Oral Hygiene Index, ICDAS International Caries Detection and Assessment System

ᵃMann-Whitney U test

ᵇChi-square test.