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. 2017 Apr 23;12(3):275–282. doi: 10.1016/j.jds.2016.12.006

Table 2.

The analysis of dental restorative treatment modalities including amalgam filling (AF), composite resin filling on anterior (CRFA) and posterior teeth (CRFP) by annual number of outpatient visits, and expenditures per person of eligible patients from 2000 to 2008.

Parameters/Groups HC (n = 1438) HR (n = 3392) CKD (n = 5627) pb
Amalgam filling (AF)
 OPD visits/person (mean ± SD) 0.31 ± 0.27 0.32 ± 0.63 0.31 ± 0.29 0.257
 OPD expenditures/persona (NT$, mean) 3485 3574 3279 0.0474
Composite resin filling, anterior teeth (CRFA)
 OPD visits/person (mean ± SD) 0.38 ± 0.36 0.4 ± 0.36 0.39 ± 0.36 0.364
 OPD expenditures/persona (NT$, mean) 5394 5508 5218 0.229
Composite resin filling, posterior teeth (CRFP)
 OPD visits/person (mean ± SD) 0.61 ± 0.53 0.56 ± 0.51 0.5 ± 0.46 <0.0001
 OPD expenditures/persona (NT$, mean) 9584 8378 7347 <0.0001

Note: The eligible subjects were recruited patient from 2008 to 2010. N = 10,457.

Abbreviations: CKD, chronic kidney disease; HC, healthy control; HR, high risk NT$, New Taiwan dollar; OPD, outpatient.

a

All outpatient expenditures (NT$) were rounded to the nearest whole dollar amount.

b

Chi-square test. p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.