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Table 3 Relative risk assessment for baseline caries as predictor and caries incidence after 5 years as outcome

From: Assessment of dental caries predictors in 6-year-old school children - results from 5-year retrospective cohort study

Variable

Baseline

After 5 years

P value† and relative risk

Dental caries

Caries free

n

%

n

%

n

%

Dental caries

85

4.6

85

100

-

-

P<0.001

Caries Free

1745

95.4

464

26.6

1281

73.4

RR=3.78

Total

1830

100

549

30.0

1281

70.0

3.48<RR<4.10

  1. †Two tailed statistical significance at the 5% level.