Table 3

Prevalence of the impacts associated with self-perceived malocclusion, by covariables, among 11-12-year-old Peruvian schoolchildren

Covariables
Impacts
No impacts
p value




n
%
n
%


Sex




0.118
     Girls
72
17.5
340
82.5

     Boys
53
13.5
340
86.5

Age




0.828
     11 years
35
16.0
184
84.0

     12 years
90
15.4
496
84.6

Education level




0.443
     Primary school
63
14.6
368
85.4

     High school
62
16.6
312
83.4


Mann- Whitney test was used

Bernabé et al. BMC Oral Health 2007 7:6   doi:10.1186/1472-6831-7-6