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Table 2 Gingival margin-papillae means ± SD for the subgroups

From: Quantitative measures of gingival recession and the influence of gender, race, and attrition

Tooth class

Caucasian

African-American

Total (N = 120)

Male (N = 30)

Female (N = 30)

Male (N = 30)

Female (N = 30)

Mean (mm)

SD

Mean (mm)

SD

Mean (mm)

SD

Mean (mm)

SD

Mean (mm)

SD

U6

3.07

0.95

2.56

0.79

2.59

0.72

1.99

0.54

2.54

0.84

U5

3.03

0.83

2.77

0.91

2.47

0.56

2.12

0.51

2.60

0.79

U4

3.51

1.00

3.25

0.83

3.24

0.66

2.83

0.60

3.21

0.81

U3

4.86

1.24

4.47

0.75

4.38

1.08

3.77

0.83

4.37

1.06

U2

3.85

1.40

3.64

0.79

3.11

0.69

2.94

0.77

3.39

1.01

U1

4.37

1.71

3.84

0.67

3.80

0.61

3.54

0.69

3.90

1.07

L6

2.93

0.75

3.14

1.22

2.35

0.59

2.25

0.34

2.67

0.85

L5

3.00

0.73

3.22

0.85

2.75

0.62

2.49

0.53

2.87

0.74

L4

3.69

0.72

3.68

0.64

3.40

0.64

3.04

0.64

3.45

0.70

L3

4.58

0.97

4.33

0.83

4.12

1.02

3.54

0.84

4.15

0.99

L2

2.80

0.99

3.47

0.76

2.79

0.75

2.81

0.73

2.97

0.85

L1

2.99

0.88

3.16

0.64

2.76

0.64

2.93

0.77

2.96

0.74

  1. Reprinted with permission from Eltink et al. [17, 27]