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Table 1 Characteristics of the subjects according to the sports-related dental injury

From: Random forest algorithm to identify factors associated with sports-related dental injuries in 6 to 13-year-old athlete children in Hamadan, Iran-2018 -a cross-sectional study

Variable

Sports related dental injury

Total

Yes

No

N

%

N

%

N

%

All

55

15.4

301

84.6

356

100

Age (year): Mean ± SD

11.31 ± 1.61

10.61 ± 2.14

P-value*: 0.006

Sex

    

N

P-value**

Boy

155

79.9

39

20.1

194

0.008

Girl

146

99.1

16

9.9

162

 

Father Education

 Diploma

164

87.2

24

12.8

188

0.055

 Bachelor

104

78.8

28

21.2

132

 

 PhD

33

91.7

3

8.3

36

 

Mother Education

 Illiterate

12

79.6

5

29.4

17

0.045

 Diploma

173

87.7

24

12.2

197

 

 Bachelor

91

79.1

24

20.9

115

 

 PhD

25

92.6

2

7.4

27

 

Child’s Birth Order

1

160

82.9

33

17.1

193

0.407

 2

116

85.3

20

14.7

136

 

 3

25

92.6

2

7.4

27

 

Sport

 Non-Contact

32

94.1

2

5.9

34

0.025

 Limited-Contact

55

82.1

12

17.2

65

 

 Semi-Contact

61

93.8

4

6.2

67

 

 Full-Contact

153

80.5

37

19.5

190

 

Experience [years]

 1–5

276

84.9

49

15.1

325

0.529

 > 5

25

80.6

6

19.4

31

 

Training days per week

 < 3

135

88.2

18

11.8

153

0.095

 > 3

166

81.8

37

18.2

203

 

Training hour per day

 < 3

188

86.6

29

13.4

217

0.266

 3–5

87

79.8

22

20.2

109

 

 > =5

25

86.2

4

13.8

22

 

Mouth guard awareness

 No

132

76.3

41

23.7

173

< 0.001

 Yes

169

92.3

14

7.7

183

 

Mouth guard Use

 No

230

82.4

49

17.6

279

< 0.001

 Yes

71

92.2

6

7.8

77

 

Type of injury

 Crown fracture

20

36.4

    

 mobility

32

58

    

 avulsion

3

5.6

    
  1. * T-Test **Chi square test