Table 3.

Teething problems (n,%) of the sample population (n=212) and correlation with clinical IOM

Variable		N (%)	Clinical IOM	P-value*
Teething Problems	Yes	134 (63.5%)	20 (9.5%)	0.0445
	No	71 (33.7%)	3 (1.4%)
	Don′t Know	6 (2.8%)	0
Fever	Yes	78 (36.8%)	11 (5.2%)	0.2452
Gum Pain	Yes	19 (9.0%)	3 (1.4%)	0.4414
Drooling	Yes	14 (6.6%)	3 (1.4%)	0.1830
Biting	Yes	22 (10.4%)	3 (1.4%)	0.7147
Diarrhea	Yes	61 (28.8%)	16 (7.6%)	<0.0001
Vomiting	Yes	49 (23.1%)	12 (5.7%)	0.0005
Other teething symptoms	Yes	30 (14.2%)	2 (0.9%)	0.5431
Parents′ action to teething problems	Nothing	96 (45.3%)
	Doctor	77 (36.3%)
	Traditional Healer	28 (13.2%)
	Pain Medication	11 (5.2%)

^*P < 0.05 were considered statistically significant (Chi-Square or Fisher′s Exact Tests)