Table 2.

Differences in measure scores across age.

			6 TO 9 YEARS OF AGE		10 TO 14 YEARS OF AGE
CARIES RISK STATUS	SITE	MEASURE DESCRIPTION	%	95% CI†	%	95% CI	DIFFERENCE (%)	z TEST	P VALUE*
At Elevated Caries Risk	1	Measure I score	54.2	0.52 to 0.56	49.6	0.47 to 0.52	4.5	2.74	.0073
		Measure II score	47.0	0.45 to 0.49	40.8	0.38 to 0.43	6.2	3.55	.0005
		Measure III score	37.9	0.36 to 0.40	31.7	0.29 to 0.34	6.3	3.71	.0003
	2	Measure I score	53.7	0.52 to 0.56	39.5	0.37 to 0.42	14.3	8.46	< .0001
		Measure II score	49.6	0.47 to 0.52	36.3	0.34 to 0.39	13.3	7.71	< .0001
		Measure III score	38.8	0.37 to 0.41	25.0	0.23 to 0.27	13.7	8.41	< .0001
	3	Measure I score	46.5	0.46 to 0.47	37.6	0.37 to 0.38	8.8	17.48	< .0001
		Measure II score	42.1	0.41 to 0.43	33.5	0.33 to 0.34	8.7	17.02	< .0001
		Measure III score	35.2	0.35 to 0.36	23.4	0.23 to 0.24	11.8	24.48	< .0001
At Low Caries Risk	1	Measure I score	51.8	0.50 to 0.54	32.0	0.30 to 0.34	19.9	15.00	< .0001
		Measure II score	44.3	0.42 to 0.46	25.5	0.24 to 0.27	18.8	13.81	< .0001
		Measure III score	36.2	0.34 to 0.38	20.0	0.18 to 0.22	16.2	12.62	< .0001
	2	Measure I score	49.4	.48 to 0.51	32.6	0.31 to 0.34	16.7	13.52	<.0001
		Measure II score	46.2	0.45 to 0.48	30.1	0.28 to 0.32	16.2	12.94	< .0001
		Measure III score	37.5	0.36 to 0.39	22.0	0.20 to 0.24	15.5	13.04	< .0001
	3	Measure I score	43.0	0.43 to 0.44	32.7	0.32 to 0.33	10.3	30.53	< .0001
		Measure II score	39.1	0.39 to 0.40	29.7	0.29 to 0.30	9.3	27.56	< .0001
		Measure III score	32.8	0.32 to 0.33	21.0	0.20 to 0.21	11.8	37.41	< .0001

^*All P values are adjusted, using the Benjamini-Hochberg false discovery rate method.

^†CI: Confidence interval.