Table 5.
Mean (±SD) values and statistical comparisons for missing, decayed, and filled teeth, DMFT index, and PI in the PD and HD groups based upon their educational levels.
| PD group mean (±SD) | HD group mean (±SD) | P | ||
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| Uneducated and primary school | Missing | 12.4 ± 9 | 9.72 ± 7.8 | NS |
| Decayed | 2.32 ± 2.3 | 1.71 ± 2.1 | NS | |
| Filled | 2.07 ± 5.1 | 0.92 ± 1.8 | NS | |
| DMFT index | 16.79 ± 10.5 | 12.35 ± 8.2 | P < .05 | |
| PI | 2.06 ± 0.9 | 1.87 ± 0.9 | NS | |
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| Secondary school | Missing | 8.14 ± 7.6 | 7.62 ± 4.5 | NS |
| Decayed | 1.55 ± 2.3 | 1.38 ± 1.3 | NS | |
| Filled | 4.05 ± 4.1 | 1.76 ± 2.7 | P < .05 | |
| DMFT index | 13.73 ± 8.1 | 10.76 ± 5.4 | NS | |
| PI | 1.29 ± 0.9 | 2.09 ± 0.9 | P < .05 | |
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| High school | Missing | 8.85 ± 5.3 | 6.57 ± 6.9 | NS |
| Decayed | 1.31 ± 1.9 | 1.71 ± 2.2 | NS | |
| Filled | 7.42 ± 6.8 | 0.86 ± 1.6 | P < .001 | |
| DMFT index | 17.58 ± 8.9 | 9.14 ± 6.5 | P < .05 | |
| PI | 1.42 ± 0.7 | 1.33 ± 1.5 | NS | |
PD group: Group of patients receiving peritoneal dialysis treatment; HD group: Group of patients receiving hemodialysis treatment; DMFT index: Decayed, missing and filled teeth index; PI: Plaque index; NS: Statistically not significant (P > .05).