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Table 1: Total and individual prevalence of oral habits in 3- to 5-year-old children
| Type of oral habit | Boys (n = 273) | Girls (n = 227) | Total (n = 500) | Chi-square | p-value | ||||||
| Total (one or more than one habits) | 110 (40.3%) | 71 (31.3%) | 181 (36%) | 3.98 | 0.046* | ||||||
| Thumb sucking | 37 (13.5%) | 27 (11.9%) | 64 (12.8%) | 0.18 | 0.671 | ||||||
| Mouth breathing | 28 (10.3%) | 27 (11.9%) | 55 (11%) | 0.19 | 0.662 | ||||||
| Lip biting | 43 (15.7%) | 24 (10.6%) | 67 (13.4%) | 2.44 | 0.118 | ||||||
| Bruxism | 39 (14.3%) | 25 (11.1%) | 64 (12.8%) | 0.91 | 0.340 |
*Significant (d < 0.05)
