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Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants

From: The increased ratio of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 versus 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 in chronic periodontitis irrespective of obesity

	Control group (n = 11)	Periodontitis group (n = 38)	P value
No. of females/males	6/5	18/20	0.68*
Age (years)	49.1 ± 12.6	52.3 ± 11.6	0.43^†
Height (cm)	163.5 ± 6.3	163.8 ± 9.6	0.91^†
Weight (kg)	57.0 ± 13.0	60.4 ± 13.7	0.47^†
BMI (kg/m²)	21.1 ± 3.3	22.3 ± 3.3	0.30^†

Except where otherwise indicated, values are the mean ± SD
* χ² test
^† t test

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