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Table 1 Characteristics of participants

From: Changes in salivary matrix metalloproteinase-3, -8, and -9 concentrations after 6 weeks of non-surgical periodontal therapy

Variable

Periodontitis

p-value

Y

N

Age (mean ± SD)

49.52 ± 13.7

39.58 ± 9.8

< 0.001

Sex

   

 Male, n (%)

19 (61.30)

11 (52.38)

0.002

 Female, n (%)

12 (38.70)

9 (47.62)

 

Smoking

   

 Yes, n (%)

13 (41.93)

5 (25%)

0.522

 No, n (%)

18 (58.06)

15 (75%)

 
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