Table 2.
Basic descriptive statistics of the study sample: number (N), average age in years with standard deviation (SD), median age and average body-mass index (BMI) with standard deviation (SD) for both sexes
| N | age | BMI | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean | SD | median | mean | SD | ||
| Controls M | 15 | 24.6 | 2 | 24.8 | 24.2 | 3.7 |
| Older adults M | ||||||
| all | 41 | 74.5 | 8 | 73.4 | 27.2 | 4.0 |
| toothed | 13 | 72.5 | 10 | 68.1 | 27.4 | 4.0 |
| partially edentulous | 13 | 75.8 | 6 | 75.1 | 29.2 | 4.3 |
| edentulous | 15 | 75.0 | 7 | 74.7 | 25.5 | 3.2 |
| Controls F | 15 | 24.0 | 2 | 24.0 | 20.3 | 1.8 |
| Older adults F | ||||||
| all | 49 | 78.1 | 9 | 78.7 | 26.6 | 4.3 |
| toothed | 17 | 76.9 | 11 | 76.5 | 25.4 | 3.3 |
| partially edentulous | 17 | 80.1 | 6 | 80.6 | 28.8 | 4.8 |
| edentulous | 15 | 77.1 | 8 | 76.2 | 25.4 | 4.1 |
M male, F female