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Table 6 Oral Hygiene Habits in Relatively Good And Bad Disease State Compared to Healthy Controls

From: Diet and behavioral habits related to oral health in eating disorder patients: a matched case-control study

 

Relatively good

(n = 54)

Bad

(n = 54)

Control

(n = 54)

 
 

Mean ± SD

Range

Mean ± SD

Range

Mean ± SD

Range

P

P1

P2

P3

No. of brushing times/day

2.3 ± 0.7

1–5.5

2.6 ± 1.5

0–10

2.1 ± 0.5

1–3.5

0.016

0.026

0.018

NS

Toothbrushing min/time

3.3 ± 3.3

1–22.5

3.5 ± 3.7

0.5–22.5

2.9 ± 1.6

1–7.5

NS

NS

NS

NS

Cm tooth paste /brushing

1.5 ± 0.9

0.3–6.5

1.5 ± 0.92

0.3–6.5

1.6 ± 0.95

0.2–5

NS

NS

NS

NS

  1. P refers to differences between the three groups by Friedman test. P1 refers to difference between relatively good vs. control; P2 bad vs. control; P3 relatively good vs. bad (Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test)
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Journal of Eating Disorders

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