Table 3: Discriminant validity: rank correlations between DMFT, malocclusion (MO) index scores, and subscale scores (Hindi 2)

				DMFT		MO
OS_H2		R		0.140		0.125
		p-value		0.438		0.487
FL_H2		R		0.115		0.413*
		p-value		0.524		0.017
EW_H2		R		0.144		0.292
		p-value		0.423		0.099
SW_H2		R		–0.045		0.267
		p-value		0.804		0.133
SE_H2		R		0.103		0.336
		p-value		0.570		0.056
PW_H2		R		–0.042		–0.121
		p-value		0.818		0.502
Total_H2		R		0.163		0.485**
		p-value		0.365		0.004

**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level; *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level