age (mean ± SD; median) |
58.29 ± 2.79; 58 |
54.29 ± 3.82; 50 |
60.39 ± 2.41; 63 |
0.322 |
sex (male/female) |
6/19 |
18/12 |
20/15 |
0.013
|
smoking (yes/used to smoke/no) |
5/9/11 |
8/15/7 |
8/14/13 |
0.596 |
alcohol (yes/used to drink/no) |
17/3/5 |
17/4/9 |
23/5/7 |
0.871 |
periodontal stage (1/2/3/4/toothless) |
0/11/7/6/1 |
2/10/9/6/3 |
0/6/7/19/3 |
0.047
|
periodontal probing depth (mm) (mean ± SD, median) |
3.55 ± 0.15; 3.5 |
3.05 ± 0.22; 3.2 |
3.47 ± 0.22; 3.2 |
0.295 |
clinical attachment level (mm) (mean ± SD, median) |
4.29 ± 0.30; 3.8 |
3.91 ± 0.36; 3.77 |
4.73 ± 0.49; 4.1 |
0.720 |
plaque index (mean ± SD, median) |
0.60 ± 0.06; 0.51 |
0.63 ± 0.08; 0.76 |
0.69 ± 0.08; 0.78 |
0.327 |
bleeding on probing (mean ± SD, median) |
0.62 ± 0.06; 0.54 |
0.63 ± 0.07; 0.65 |
0.72 ± 0.07; 0.8 |
0.243 |
duration of oral lesion (in months) (mean ± SD, median) |
20.52 ± 6.72; 12 |
14.43 ± 5.6; 6 |
12.30 ± 5.23; 4 |
0.111 |