Table 1.

sociodemographic characteristics of the patients

	Total (N=410)		Dental (N=212)		Medical (N=198)
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Gender
Male	147	35.9	60	28.3	87	43.9
Female	263	64.1	152	71.7	111	56.1
Age Group
≤ 20	48	11.7	22	10.4	26	13.1
21-40	208	50.7	112	52.8	96	48.5
41-60	121	29.5	69	32.5	52	26.3
≥ 61	21	5.1	5	2.4	16	8.1
No response	12	2.9	4	1.9	8	4.0
Educational status
Primary	32	7.8	22	10.4	10	5.1
Secondary	50	12.2	30	14.2	20	10.1
Post-Secondary	24	5.9	14	6.6	10	5.1
Tertiary	292	73.4	140	66.0	152	76.8
No response	12	2.9	6	2.8	6	3.0
Occupational Status
Group 1 modified ISCO-08	49	12	16	7.5	33	16.7
Group 2 modified ISCO-08	149	36.3	84	39.6	65	32.8
Group 3 modified ISCO-08	80	19.5	54	25.5	26	13.1
Group 4 modified ISCO-08	129	31.5	56	26.4	73	36.9
Missing	3	0.7	2	0.9	1	0.5
Religion
Christianity	323	78.8	153	72.2	170	85.9
Islam	82	20.0	56	26.4	26	13.1
Others	5	1.2	3	1.4	2	1.0
Tribe
Yoruba	314	76.6	159	75.0	155	78.3
Igbo	68	16.6	34	16.0	34	17.2
Hausa	4	1.0	4	1.9	0	0
Nigerian/others	4	1.0	1	0.5	3	1.5
Missing	20	4.9	14	6.6	6	3.0
Marital Status
Single	181	44.1	83	39.2	98	49.5
Married	209	51.0	120	56.6	89	44.9
Separated	4	1.0	1	0.5	3	1.5
Divorced	1	0.2	6	2.8	1	0.5
Widowed	10	2.4	2	0.9	4	2.0
Missing	5	1.2	-		3	1.5