Table 1. Demography and elasticity parameters in the participants.

	Controls (n=118)	Patients (n=17)	p-value
Age	33.22 ± 1.58	29.21 ± 5.47	0.490*
Gender (male %)	37.3%	35.3%	0.874**
E (MPa)	11.61 ± 0.15	7.85 ± 0.60	< 0.0001*
Retraction time (ms)	622.82 ± 21.20	1152.82 ± 211.21	0.024*
VE (MPa)	5.35 ± 0.14	2.51 ± 0.32	< 0.0001*

Abbreviations: E, elastic modulus; VE, viscoelastic modulus.

Continuous variables: mean ± standard error mean

^*independent t-test;

^**Chi-square test