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Table 4 SiC Index, descriptive statistics: number of subject, mean value ± standard deviation. Number (percentage) of subjects with SiC Index >3.

From: Changing trend of caries from 1989 to 2004 among 12-year old Sardinian children

Year

number of subjects

SiC mean ± SD

SIC>3 n (%)

1989

123

7.8 ± 0.7

123 (33.0)

1992

104

7.4 ± 1.2

96 (30.5)

1995

135

5.6 ± 1.8

77 (18.7)

1999

133

5.5 ± 2.1

71 (17.5)

2004

99

3.90 ± 2.8

37 (12.4)

  

Anova one way p < 0.001

χ2 p < 0.01

  1. The percentage of subjects with a SIC>3 was calculated on the total of the cohort.