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Table 3 Vita® Shade Tooth Assessment (Intent-To-Treat Subjects)

From: Randomized controlled trial to evaluate tooth stain reduction with nicotine replacement gum during a smoking cessation program

 

Week 2

Week 6

Week 12

 

Gum

Tablet

Gum

Tablet

Gum

Tablet

N

78

70

60

59

52

50

Baseline

      

Mean

10.8

10.0

10.8

10.1

10.9

10.1

S.D.

3.2

3.2

3.15

3.23

3.15

3.18

Median

11.8

10.3

11.8

10.5

11.8

10.5

Min,Max

(2.0,15.0)

(3.0,15.0)

(2.5,15.0)

(3.0,15.0)

(2.5,15.0)

(3.0,15.0)

Post

      

Mean

10.9

10.0

11.1

10.1

11.4

10.1

S.D.

3.1

3.2

3.1

3.2

3.2

3.2

Median

12.0

10.1

12.0

10.5

12.0

10.8

Min,Max

(2.0,15.0)

(3.0,15.0)

(2.0,15.0)

(3.0,15.0)

(2.0,15.0)

(2.0,15.0)

Change

      

Mean

0.16

-0.03

0.28

-0.06

0.50

0.00

S.D.

0.70

0.17

0.94

0.55

1.16

0.64

Median

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Min,Max

(-1.00,4.00)

(-1.00,0.50)

(-1.00,4.00)

(-2.00,1.00)

(-1.00,4.00)

(-2.00,2.00)

Paired t-test

p-value

0.047

0.159

0.023

0.411

0.003

>0.999

LsMean

0.17

-0.04

0.25

-0.11

0.44

-0.12

s.e.

0.06

0.06

0.10

0.10

0.13

0.14

p-value

0.015a

 

0.011a

 

0.003a

 

Difference

0.21

 

0.36

 

0.56

 

s.e.

0.09

 

0.14

 

0.18

 

95% C.I.

[0.04,0.38]

 

[0.09,0.64]

 

[0.19,0.92]

 
  1. aP-values are based on ANCOVA model with terms for Treatment.
  2. Note: Based on Munsell color ranking from 1 = darkest to 16 = lightest shade.