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Table 5 Results in the subgroups considered: gender and prescribed hours per day

From: In defense of adolescents: They really do use braces for the hours prescribed, if good help is provided. Results from a prospective everyday clinic cohort using thermobrace

 

Gender

Hours/day

Males

Females

23

21-22

18

Referred compliance

%

100

100

100

100

100

(63.5-100)

(81.9-100)

(81.1-100)

(52.2-100)

(73.3-111.7)

P

NS

NS

Measured compliance

%

89.6

93.6

94.8

86.5

73.2

(55.7-101.8)

(55.8-101.8)

(56.2-101.8)

(55.6-99.7)

(28.4-98.7)

  

P < 0.05

P

NS

NS

  

P < 0.05

  1. We found no difference in compliance for gender, while brace prescription had an influence: the more the hours prescribed, the higher the compliance. The reported data are median and 95% interval of confidence.