Comparison of the Response to Pulpal Sensibility Tests in Well-Controlled and Uncontrolled Type II Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Comparison of demographic characteristics and pulp responses of two groups with well-controlled and uncontrolled diabetes.

	Well-controlled diabetes (N = 51)	Uncontrolled diabetes (N = 51)	value
Demographic
Age	52.22 ± 7.67	50.12 ± 6.86	0.149
HbA1c	6.44 ± 0.61	8.83 ± 1.27	<0.001
Duration of diabetes (year)	7.90 ± 6.12	9.22 ± 5.99	0.276
Gender			0.408
Female (%)	34 (74.5)	40 (78.4)
Male (%)	13 (54.2)	11 (45.8)
Neuropathy			0.007
Yes (%)	8 (15.7)	20 (39.2)
No (%)	43 (84.3)	31 (60.8)
Response
EPT	4.51 ± 2.06	4.41 ± 1.85	0.801
Cold	8.65 ± 4.59	9.65 ± 4.69	0.280

Data are presented as mean ± SD, frequency, and percent. T-test. Chi-square.