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Table 6 Descriptive data for caries and each quintile of deprivation for white spot lesion and caries into dentine

From: The association between social deprivation and the prevalence and severity of dental caries and fluorosis in populations with and without water fluoridation

Quintile of deprivation

Clinical scores

 

Photographic scores

 
 

Newcastle

Manchester

Mann–Whitney U Test

Newcastle

Manchester

Mann–Whitney U Test

 

N

Mean D1-6MFT white spot lesion (SD)

N

Mean D1-6MFT white spot lesion (SD)

 

N

Mean D1-6MFT white spot lesion (SD)

N

Mean D1-6MFT white spot lesion (SD)

 

1

183

1.89 (2.38)

173

2.54 (2.87)

P < 0.05

183

1.50 (2.27)

173

1.72 (2.21)

P < 0.05

2

197

2.34 (2.41)

160

3.56 (3.16)

P < 0.001

197

1.85(2.36)

160

2.71 (2.79)

P < 0.001

3

213

3.25 (3.00)

148

4.41 (3.51)

P < 0.05

213

2.67 (2.78)

148

3.37 (2.99)

P < 0.05

4

127

3.61 (2.84)

226

5.73 (3.98)

P < 0.001

127

3.36 (3.13)

226

4.38 (3.55)

P < 0.05

5

190

3.80 (3.09)

166

5.76 (4.11)

P < 0.001

190

3.45 (3.12)

166

4.72 (3.71)

P < 0.001

Quintile of deprivation

Clinical scores

 

Photographic scores

 
 

Newcastle

Manchester

Mann–Whitney U Test

Newcastle

Manchester

Mann–Whitney U Test

 

N

Mean D 4-6 MFT caries into dentine (SD)

N

Mean D 4-6 MFT caries into dentine (SD)

 

N

Mean D 4-6 MFT caries into dentine (SD)

N

Mean D 4-6 MFT caries into dentine (SD)

 

1

183

0.38 (0.86)

173

0.45 (0.88)

n.s.

183

0.36 (0.74)

173

0.39 (0.83)

n.s.

2

197

0.47 (1.02)

160

0.84 (1.23)

P < 0.001

197

0.38 (0.87)

160

0.77 (1.14)

P < 0.001

3

213

0.62 (1.11)

148

1.07 (1.52)

P < 0.05

213

0.57 (1.03)

148

1.01 (1.40)

P < 0.001

4

127

0.87 (1.40)

226

1.37 (1.73)

P < 0.05

127

0.79 (1.43)

226

1.24 (1.61)

P < 0.05

5

190

0.99 (1.40)

166

1.52 (1.79)

P < 0.001

190

0.90 (1.28)

166

1.36 (1.42)

P < 0.05