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. 2007 May 16;7:6. doi: 10.1186/1472-6831-7-6

Table 2.

Prevalence and intensity of the impacts associated with self-perceived malocclusion among 11-12-year-old Peruvian schoolchildren

Indicator Impact by daily performances Overall impact

Eating Speaking Cleaning mouth Sleeping Emotion Smiling Studying Social contact
Prevalence of impacts (n = 805 children)
 n 10 13 15 6 26 73 5 15 125
 % 1.2 1.6 1.9 0.7 3.2 9.1 0.6 1.9 15.5
Intensity of impacts (children with impacts)
 Very little 40.0 46.2 20.0 50.0 26.9 28.8 40.0 20.0 28.8
 Little 60.0 38.5 53.3 50.0 38.5 23.3 40.0 33.3 34.4
 Moderate 0.0 7.7 20.0 0.0 23.1 19.2 20.0 20.0 18.4
 Severe 0.0 7.7 6.7 0.0 7.7 20.5 0.0 20.0 13.6
 Very severe 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.8 8.2 0.0 6.7 4.8