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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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