Prevalence of Periodontitis among Patients Diagnosed with Marfan Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study Comparing Samples of Healthy Patients

Table 1

General characteristics of the study population.

	Marfan syndrome group ()	Control group ()	value
Age (years), mean (SD)	44.6 (13.9)	44.8 (19.9)	0.533^+
Smoking status, (%)
No smoker	57 (75.0)	52 (68.4)	0.368^++
Smoker	19 (25.0)	24 (31.6)

SD: standard deviation; : number of observations. ⁺Paired -test. ⁺⁺McNemar test.