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Table 2 Comparison of LNIG and CG on age

From: Risk of lingual nerve injuries in removal of mandibular third molars: a retrospective case-control study

 

This study (LNIG)

Almendros-Marqués et al, 2006 (CG) [15]

Smith et al, 2013 (CG) [11]

Cheng et al, 2010 (CG) [9]

Uematsu et al, 2015 (CG) [16]

Age range

15-67

16-64

13-87

14-82

 

Mean

36.5

27.32

33.9

27.2

30.5

Sample size (patients)

79

165

1000

3595

461

Power

 

0.99

0.46

1.00

0.97

P value

 

< 0.0001

0.0619

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

  1. Abbreviations: LNIG lingual nerve injury group, CG control group
  2. P value (t test): The mean age in this study was statistically compared to the mean age of the other past studies. P < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant