Table 2.

Descriptive and inferential analysis of variable related to hard tissue and soft tissue finding being compared between age groups and gender

Variable	Responses	Study group				P	Gender		P
		Group I	Group II	Group III	Group IV		Male	Female
Soft tissue	Tongue lesions	6 (85.7)	15 (78.9)	15 (93.8)	12 (85.7)	0.670	9 (81.8)	39 (86.7)	0.680
	Ulcers	2 (28.6)	3 (15.8)	5 (31.3)	8 (57.1)	0.094	2 (18.2)	16 (35.6)	0.269
	Fungal infection	0	1 (5.3)	0	0	0.576	0	1 (2.2)	0.618
	Frenum abnormalities	0	4 (21.1)	7 (43.8)	5 (35.7)	0.140	0	16 (35.6)	0.019
	Gingival diseases	0	0	3 (18.8)	6 (42.9)	0.006	0	9 (20)	0.105
	No abnormality	0	2 (10.5)	1 (6.3)	1 (7.1)	0.829	1 (9.1)	3 (6.7)	0.780
Hard tissue	Palate abnormalities	3 (42.9)	6 (31.6)	7 (43.8)	1 (7.1)	0.141	4 (36.4)	13 (28.9)	0.629
	Developmental tooth disturbances	3 (42.9)	8 (42.1)	10 (62.5)	9 (64.3)	0.478	4 (36.4)	26 (57.8)	0.202
	Malocclusions	5 (71.4)	13 (68.4)	10 (62.5)	14 (100)	0.090	7 (63.6)	35 (77.8)	0.332
	Hypoplasia	2 (28.6)	6 (31.6)	3 (18.8)	0	0.139	4 (36.4)	7 (15.6)	0.119
	Attrition	3 (42.9)	4 (21.1)	3 (13.3)	0	0.104	4 (36.4)	6 (13.3)	0.074
	No abnormality	1 (14.3)	1 (5.3)	0	0	0.308	2 (18.2)	0	0.004