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Table 3 Oral health-related impacts before and after treatment

From: Associations between oral health-related impacts and rate of weight gain after extraction of pulpally involved teeth in underweight preschool Filipino children

  Before treatment After treatment  
  Mean 95% CI Mean 95% CI p-value*
Overall SOHO-5 score 4.1 (3.5, 4.7) 1.4 (0.9, 1.9) <0.001
  n % n % p-value**
Eating impact      <0.001
Yes 104 71.7 31 21.4  
No 41 28.3 114 78.6  
Sleeping impact      <0.001
Yes 86 59.3 29 20.0  
No 59 40.7 116 80.0  
Dental pain      <0.001
Yes 36 24.8 12 8.3  
No 109 75.2 133 91.7  
  1. *Paired T-test, **McNemar test.
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