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Table 1 Mean heart rate (bpm) across different groups at 3 month recall and 1 year recall

From: The impact of dental treatment and age on salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase levels of patients with varying degrees of dental anxiety

Measurement time

Group

N

Mean

Std. Deviation

F

Sig*

3 months

Controla

61

91.53

11.14

5.547

0.005**

Anxiousab

61

102.40

16.55

Phobicb

61

98.15

11.03

1 Year

Controla

52

92.35

12.22

4.382

0.008**

Anxiousab

50

106.11

14.53

Phobicb

48

99.12

13.21

  1. *Calculated using the one-way ANOVA
  2. **Differences significant at p < 0.05
  3. a,b Groups with different superscripts show significant difference at p < 0.05 when compared using the Tukey’s post-hoc test