Table 2: Discriminant validity: rank correlations between DMFT, malocclusion (MO) index scores, and subscale scores (Hindi 1)

				DMFT		MO
OS_H1		R		0.226		0.191
		p-value		0.206		0.286
FL_H1		R		0.076		0.376*
		p-value		0.673		0.031
EW_H1		R		0.168		0.232
		p-value		0.350		0.194
SW_H1		R		–0.016		0.148
		p-value		0.929		0.412
SE_H1		R		0.117		0.227
		p-value		0.518		0.204
PW_H1		R		0.042		–0.056
		p-value		0.818		0.758
Total_H1		R		0.244		0.422*
		p-value		0.171		0.014

Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed); *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)