Table 4.
Impact of functional ability on oral health.
| GMFCS | Mean | Std. deviation | 95% confidence interval for mean | F ∗ | Sig | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower bound | Upper bound | ||||||
| DMFT | Level Ia | 1.1176 | 1.40900 | 0.3932 | 1.8421 | 7.342 | 0.002∗∗ |
| Level IIa | 1.7143 | 2.05421 | 0.5282 | 2.9004 | |||
| Level IIIb | 3.5333 | 2.03072 | 2.4088 | 4.6579 | |||
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| GI | Level Ia | 4.7647 | 3.63197 | 2.8973 | 6.6321 | 8.218 | 0.001∗∗ |
| Level IIb | 7.2143 | 4.11710 | 4.8371 | 9.5914 | |||
| Level IIIc | 10.4000 | 4.06729 | 8.1476 | 12.6524 | |||
∗Calculated using one-way ANOVA. ∗∗Differences significant at p < 0.05. a,b,cDifferences in superscript indicate significant difference at p < 0.05 when compared using Scheffe's post hoc test.