Table 2.

Summary statistics at baseline for patients analysed^a

	Mini implants (n = 22)	Conventional implants (n = 23)	Total (n = 45)
Age	68.5 (9.5) 68.5, 63 to 74 52 to 88	68.1 (8.5) 71, 61 to 74 48 to 79	68.3 (8.9) 70, 62 to 74 48 to 88
Gender	10 male (45.5%)	9 male (39.1%)	19 male (42.2%)
Years edentulous	26.0 (20.8) 32, 3 to 45 1 to 58	20.2 (17.7) 14, 5 to 38 1 to 57	23.1 (19.3) 15, 5 to 40 1 to 58
Anxiety (Modified Dental Anxiety Scale)	10.8 (3.8) 11, 8 to 14 5 to 17	11.6 (6.6) 9, 6 to 15 5 to 25	11.2 (5.4) 10, 7 to 14 5 to 25

^aValues are mean and standard deviation along with median, interquartile range, minimum and maximum for age, number of years edentulous and anxiety