Table 3.

Characteristics of patients according to the presence of oral bony outgrowths (OBO).

Variables	Presence of OBO (n = 11)	Absence of OBO (n = 18)	P value
Age (years)	51.8 ± 15.5	63.6 ± 15.1	0.05
Male, n	6	7	0.47
Time from diagnosis (years)	12.6 ± 12.1	13.7 ± 13.7	0.84
Number of complications	3.5 ± 1.8	3.8 ± 1.6	0.72
Disease control, n	7	8	0.45
Current GH (ng/mL)	1.52 ± 0.36	2.39 ± 0.90	0.39
Current IGF-1 (UNL)	0.89 ± 0.53	1.10 ± 0.62	0.37
Total AcroQoL (%)	78.0 ± 13.8	63.9 ± 16.0	0.04
EPICES	16.0 ± 16.1	11.2 ± 15.1	0.37
DFMT index	17.9 ± 8.3	19.7 ± 7.6	0.55
Gingivitis, n	7	9	0.70
Periodontitis, n	5	6	0.61
Thick gingival biotype, n	5	4	0.24

Data are given as absolute numbers or mean ± s.d. For statistical tests see ‘Methods’ section.

OBO, oral bony outgrowths; UNL, fold of the Upper Normal Limit.