Table 3 Comparison between smokers and non-smokers and smoking duration in relation to GT, WKG, and PH
From: Gingival phenotypes and their relation to age, gender and other risk factors
Smoking | P | Smoking duration | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | < 5 years | ≥ 5 years | ||||
GT | < 1.5 mm | 33 (25.0) | 48 (14.8) | 0.112 | 27 (44.3) | 5 (7.0) | 0.007* |
1.5–2 mm | 68 (51.5) | 236 (72.8) | 13 (21.3) | 56 (78.9) | |||
> 2 mm | 31 (23.5) | 40 (12.3) | 21 (34.4) | 10 (14.1) | |||
WKG | ≤ 4 mm | 23 (17.4) | 93 (28.7) | 0.246 | 4 (6.6) | 19 (26.8) | 0.354 |
4.1–8 mm | 95 (72.0) | 219 (67.6) | 47 (77.0) | 47 (66.2) | |||
> 8 mm | 14 (10.6) | 12 (3.7) | 10 (16.4) | 5 (7.0) | |||
PH | ≤ 3 mm | 82 (62.1) | 168 (51.9) | 0.345 | 26 (42.6) | 56 (78.9) | 0.093 |
> 3 mm | 50 (37.9) | 156 (48.1) | 35 (57.4) | 15 (21.1) | |||