Table 2.
Distribution of the Sample in the 2 Time Periods (Strict and Partial Confinement)
| Variable | Time period |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strict confinement | Partial confinement | ||
| Age (mean ± SD) | 43.3 ± 15.8∗ | 50.6 ± 16.3∗ | .03 |
| Sex, n (%) | |||
| Male | 20 (44.4) | 23 (45.1) | 1.00 |
| Female | 25 (55.6) | 28 (54.9) | |
| Tooth, n (%) | |||
| Anterior | 6 (13.3) | 3 (13.3) | .499 |
| Premolar | 10 (22.2) | 16 (22.2) | |
| Molar | 29 (64.4) | 32 (64.4) | |
SD, standard deviation.
Significant differences between the two time periods. Significance was set at P < .05.