Table 2. | Distribution of patient characteristics |
| Patient characteristics | Implant material | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ti | TiZr | |||
| 10 | 11 | 21 | ||
|
Age (years) |
Meana | 42.5 | 54.6 | 48.8 |
| SD | 23.8 | 19.2 | 21.8 | |
| Male | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Female | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
|
Health/diseases (n) |
Cardiovascular | 2b | 3c | 5 |
| Diabetes | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Other | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Healthy | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
|
Cigarettes/day (n) |
0 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 0 to 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 10 to 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| > 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
aStatistically non-significant difference between the two age groups (P = 0.22).
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