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| All (N = 313), n (%) | Procedure | p-value | |
| General anaesthesia (n = 41), n (%) | Local anaesthesia (n = 272), n (%) | |||
| Age at surgery; years: |
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| Mean (SD) | 27.43 (5.01) | 25.07 (4.18) | 27.78 (5.03) | 0.001a |
| Range | 18, 40 | 18, 35 | 18, 40 |
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| Gender: |
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| Male | 160 (51.1) | 19 (46.3) | 141 (51.8) | 0.431b |
| Female | 153 (48.9) | 22 (53.7) | 131 (48.2) |
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| Ethnic: |
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| Malay | 232 (74.1) | 31 (75.6) | 201 (73.9) | 0.893c |
| Chinese | 73 (23.3) | 10 (24.4) | 63 (23.2) |
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| Indian | 7 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (2.6) |
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| Others | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.4) |
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| No. of tooth removal: |
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| Single | 251 (80.2) | 3 (7.3) | 248 (91.2) | <0.001b |
| Multiple | 62 (19.8) | 38 (92.7) | 24 (8.8) |
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