Table 5 Chi square test of relationship between condition (acute or chronic) and demographics
From: Factors affecting dental diseases presenting at the University of Ghana Hospital
Diagnosis | Characteristics | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age groups | Duration of symptom | PMH | PDH | Multiple chronic | ||||||
Chi square | p value | Chi square | p value | Chi square | p value | Chi square | p value | Chi square | p value | |
Apical periodontitis | 18.113 | 0.001 | 13.265 | 0.001 | 1.888 | 0.389 | 6.168 | 0.46 | 19.462 | 0.000 |
Enamel caries | 6.116 | 0.191 | 10.839 | 0.004 | 0.301 | 0.860 | 8.432 | 0.015 | 9.418 | 0.002 |
Gingivitis | 10.588 | 0.032 | 3.641 | 0.162 | 3.767 | 0.152 | 9.054 | 0.011 | 0.147 | 0.701 |
Periodontitis | 2.723 | 0.605 | 0.088 | 0.957 | 0.554 | 0.758 | 12.617 | 0.002 | 1.264 | 0.261 |
Halitosis | 0.035 | 1.000 | 9.985 | 0.010 | 1.853 | 0.396 | 1.091 | 0.579 | 3.332 | 0.068 |
Severity of condition | 11.149 | 0.025 | 21.753 | 0.000 | 3.179 | 0.204 | 3.655 | 0.161 | 13.615 | 0.000 |