Table 1. Characteristics of the study groups.

Study groups	Gender (n)	Age (years)	Number of missing teeth
	Female/male	Mean±SD	Median (min–max)
Periodontitis (n = 24)	12/12	43.58±6.78	5 (0–10)
Periodontally healthy (n = 24)	13/11	40.83±7.41	4 (0–8)
Total (n = 48)	25/23	42.20±7.42	4 (0–10)
p-value	NSa	NSb	NSc

Max, maximum; min, minimum; NS, not significant (p>0.01).

Normally distributed data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD) and non-normally distributed data are expressed as median (min–max).

^aχ² test.

^bIndependent samples t-test.

^cMann–Whitney U-test.