Table 1.
The relation between metal hypersensitivity history and demographic data and implant type.
| Metal hypersensitivity history |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | Total | pb | |
| Gender | ||||
| Female a | 104 (90.4) | 13 (100) | 117 (91.4) | 0.376 |
| Male a | 11 (9.6) | 0 (0) | 11 (8.6) | |
| Side | ||||
| Left | 41 (35.6) | 5 (38.5) | 46 (35.9) | 0.748 |
| Right | 66 (57.4) | 8 (61.5) | 74 (57.8) | |
| Bilateral | 8 (7.0) | 0 (0) | 8 (6.3) | |
| Implant | ||||
| Cementless | 78 (67.8) | 11 (84.6) | 89 (69.5) | 0.341 |
| Cemented | 37 (32.2) | 2 (15.4) | 39 (30.5) | |
| Age (years old)c | 60.65 ± 7.14 | 57.23 ± 6.22 | – | 0.108 |
a
n (%).
b
Chi-Square test.
c
Mean and standard deviation.