Table 5 . Association between duration of bottle-feeding, nocturnal bottle-feeding and ECC.
| Caries free | Caries Affected | Total | P value | |||||
| Freq | (%) | Freq | (%) | Freq | (%) | |||
| Duration | ||||||||
| <12 | 72 | 72.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 100 | 59.5 | 0.668 | |
| 13 – 18 | 45 | 78.9 | 12 | 21.1 | 57 | 33.9 | ||
| 19-24 | 7 | 77.8 | 2 | 22.2 | 9 | 5.4 | ||
| >24 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 | 1.2 | ||
| Total | 125 | 74.4 | 43 | 25.6 | 168 | 100.0 | ||
| Night time bottle feeding | ||||||||
| Yes | 27 | 49.0 | 28 | 51.0 | 55 | 32.7 | 25.573 | <0.001** |
| No | 98 | 87.0 | 15 | 13.0 | 113 | 67.3 | ||
| Total | 125 | 74.0 | 43 | 26.0 | 168 | 100.0 | ||