Table 1 Age, playing position, oral health problems and dominant leg by Oral Status
Characteristic | Oral Status | p-valuesa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Both GP/DC and FOA absent N (%), | Current or past FOA N (%) | GP/DC present FOA absent N (%) | ||
Age | =0.001 | |||
12–14 years (0) | 24 (50%) | 24 (32%) | 40 (62%0 | |
15–17 years (1) | 24 (50%) | 51 (68%) | 24 (37%) | |
Playing position | < 0.001 | |||
Non-striker (0) | 30 (62%) | 67 (89%) | 37 (58%) | |
Striker (1) | 18 (37%) | 8 (11%) | 27 (42%) | |
GP/DC | ||||
Absent (0) | 48 (100%) | 21 (31%) | 0 (0%) | |
Present (1) | 0 (0%) | 52 (69%) | 64 (100%) | |
TMJ problems | =0.02 | |||
Absent (0) | 38 (79%) | 48 (64%) | 34 (53%) | |
Present (1) | 10 (21%) | 27 (36%) | 30 (47%) | |