Table 1.
Comparison of different variables between patients with dental enamel defects and controls.
| Children with dental | Normal children (720) | X 2 | P | |
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| enamel defects (140) | ||||
| Males | 72 (51.43%) | 371 (51.53%) | 0.001 | P = 0.979 |
| Female | 68 (48.57%) | 349 (48.47%) | ||
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| Consanguinity | 60 (42.86%) | 169 (23.47%) | 17.71 | P < 0.0001 |
| No consanguinity | 80 (57.14%) | 551 (76.53%) | ||
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| Recurrent GI symptoms | 25 (17.86%) | 146 (20.28%) | 0.37 | P = 0.541 |
| No | 115 (82.14%) | 574 (79.72) | ||
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| Underweight | 45 (32.14%) | 41 (5.69%) | 57.94 | P < 0.0001 |
| Not underweight | 95 (67.86%) | 679 (94.31%) | ||
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| Celiac | 25 (17.86%) | 7 (0.97%) | 36.95 | P < 0.0001 |
| Nonceliac | 115 (82.14%) | 713 (99.03%) | ||