Mask-wearing behavior patterns among dental patients in post-pandemic China: a cross-sectional study.

Front Public Health · 2025 · PMC12375556 · PMID 40860537

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marginally non-significantP = 0.058so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

However, the Chi-squared test comparing age groups revealed a marginally non-significant result ( P = 0.058), which could be explained by the limited sample size and the method of age-group categorization.

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highly significantno p-value reported

The Chi-squared test was employed to compare mask-wearing rates across different categories, including gender, age, underlying health conditions, weather, and outdoor temperatures, a P value <0.05 was considered statistically significant, and a P value <0.01 was considered highly significant.

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