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. 2008 Nov 18;6:101. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-101

Table 3.

Modulating factors of OIDP and OSS among the validation sample (n = 253).

SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES OIDP OSS
Gender
 Male (mean ± sd) 6.3 ± 12.1** 6.7 ± 2.3
 Female (mean ± sd) 11.3 ± 16.6** 6.5 ± 2.2

BEHAVIOURAL VARIABLES
Last previous visit to dentist rs = -0.1* rs = 0.06
Tooth brushing frequency rs = 0.05 rs = - 0.16*

PROSTHODONTIC VARIABLES
Normative Needs for prosthesis rs = 0.15* rs = -0.18*
No occlusal units r = - 0.14* r = 0.05
No aesthetic units r = - 0.03 r = 0.06
No replaceable absent teeth r = 0.17** r = - 0.20**
No replaced absent teeth r = - 0.05 r = 0.18*
No replaceable visible teeth r = 0.16** r = - 0.20**
No replaced visible teeth r = 0.05 r = 0.18*
No replaceable functional teeth r = 0.15* r = -0.17*

CARIES VARIABLES
No teeth with caries requiring endodontic treatment r = 0.24** r = -0.24**
No teeth with caries requiring extraction r = 0.18** r = -0.14
No teeth with 2 or more decayed surfaces r = 0.18** r = -0.17*
No teeth with caries r = 0.22** r = -0.19**
No visible teeth with caries r = 0.33** r = -0.28**
No healthy filled teeth r = 0.02 r = -0.20**
No healthy restored visible teeth r = -0.04 r = -0.22**
Decayed Missing and Filled Teeth (DMFT) Index r = 0.13* r = -0.06
Need for restorative treatment rs = 0.20* rs = -0.20*

PERIODONTAL VARIABLES
No sextants with CPITN score of 1 r = -0.08 r = 0.03
No sextants with dental mobility r = 0.10 r = -0.27*

Mann-Whitney Test for Gender. Correlation for the remainder (r = Pearson correlation; rs = Spearman correlation)

*p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01