Table 1.

Dental students’ knowledge and attitudes in relation to gender and year of study.

	n (%)	Knowledge		P value	Attitudes		P value
		Mean	SD		Mean	SD
Gendera
Males	116 (55.8)	15.87	2.89	0.003	42.09	6.23	0.05
Females	92 (44.2)	13.63	4.33		40.57	5.01
Year of studyb
2nd year	70 (33.6)	14.00	4.14	0.05	40.37	3.16	0.001
3rd year	73 (35.1)	14.56	3.60		40.80	6.48
4th year	65 (31.3)	16.4	3.08		43.07	6.77
Total	208	14.87	3.76		41.41	5.76

^aUnpaired ‘t’ test.

^bOne way ANOVA.