Table 1.

The demographic characteristics of the sample.

	ND b	OD c
Age (years)	51.59 ± 12.90	50.86 ± 11.69
Gender	15 Males, 17 Females	12 Males, 16 Females
Weight (kg)	78.19 ± 11.63	79.82 ± 11.82
Height (cm)	172.1 ± 9.30	172.3 ± 8.62
Bmi a	26.34 2.83	26.78 ± 2.44
Ethnicity
Afro-American	2	1
Asian	1	3
Caucasian	27	23
Latino-American	2	1
Number of Teeth	25.06 ± 2.67	25.46 ± 2.89

^a = Body Mass Index; ^b = Non-optimized diet; ^c = Optimized diet.