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. 2018 Oct 1;11(5):359–364. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1540

Table 2: Prevalence of dental caries according to sex

          Children free of caries      Children with caries      dmft      DMFT     
Gender      No. of children examined      N      %      N      %      Mean      SD      Mean      SD     
Male      501      204      40.7      297      59.3      1.92      2.09      1.21      1.35     
Female      499      241      48.3      258      51.7      1.63      2.13      0.85      1.23     

SD: Standard deviation; Caries prevalence: Chi-square test = 5.813, p = 0.016; dmft: t-test = 2.176, p = 0.030; DMFT: t-test = 4.414, p = 0.000