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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2017 Mar 31;45(4):365–371. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12299

Table 4.

Non response analysis (n = 7393)

Characteristics Included n= 3774 Excluded n=3619 p value*

Sex
Boys (%1) 1873 (49.6) 1834 (50.7)
Girls (%1) 1901 (50.4) 1785 (49.3) 0.374
Missing (%2) 0 (0.0) 0(0.0)
Age in years
Median (range) 9.78 (9.49 - 10.45) 9.86 (9.56 - 11.12) < 0.001
Missing (%2) 0 (0.0) 3252(89.9)
Ethnicity (%)
Dutch (%1) 2573 (68.6) 1619 (47.7)
Other western (%1) 327 (8.7) 247 (7.3)
Non-western (%1) 851 (22.7) 1529 (45.0) < 0.001
Missing (%2) 23 (0.6) 379(10.5)
Maternal education level
Low (%1) 1234 (34.9) 1191 (52.1)
High (%1) 2301 (65.1) 1093 (47.9) < 0.001
Missing (%2) 239 (6.3) 1490(41.2)
Household income (%)
< 2000 (%1) 619 (17.6) 358 (31.8)
2000-3200 (%1) 1087 (30.9) 353 (31.3)
> 3200 (%1) 1813 (51.5) 415 (36.9) < 0.001
Missing (%2) 255(6.8) 2493(68.9)
IOTN-DHC (%)
2 (%1) 1119 (37.2) 632 (37.7)
3 (%1) 756 (25.1) 380 (22.7)
4 (%1) 871 (28.9) 496 (29.6)
5 (%1) 263 (8.7) 168 (10.0) 0.185
Missing (%2) 765(20.3) 1943(53.7)
IOTN-ac (%)
≤ 5 (%1) 2063 (70.9) 1144 (70.8)
> 5 (%1) 845 (29.1) 471 (29.2) 0.940
Missing (%2) 866(22.9) 2034(56.2)
OHRQoL
Median (range) 50.0 (43.0 - 53.0) 49.0 (44.3 - 54.9)
Missing (%2) 0(0.0) 3597(99.4) 0.959
Subjective treatment-need (%)
No (%1) 1049 (27.8) 1 (11.1)
Borderline (%1) 958 (25.4) 2 (22.2)
Yes (%1) 1767 (46.8) 6 (66.7) 0.429
Missing (%2) 0(0.0) 3610

*

Based on chi square test for categorical variables and t-test or Mann –Whitney U for continuous variables.

1

percentage of available data within the subgroup;

2

percentage of missing data per subgroup