Table 1.

Relationship between sex, age, search for care, and PCO

Variables	Pulp canal obliteration
	Total n (%)	No n (%)	Yes n (%)	P-value
Age
n<3 years	189 (100%)	181 (95.8%)	8 (4.2%)
n>4 years	182 (100%)	172 (94.5%)	10 (5.5%)	0.63**
Sex
Female	157 (100%)	151 (96.2%)	6 (3.8%)
Male	214 (100%)	202 (94.4%)	12 (5.6%)	0.47**
Search for care
Mediate	294 (100%)	280 (95.2%)	14 (4.8%)
Immediate	77 (100%)	73 (94.8%)	4 (5.2%)	0.87*

^*Chi-square test;

^**Fisher’s exact test.

P<0.05. Bold denotes statistical association.