Evaluation of Width and Thickness of the Attached Gingiva and Its Association with Age, Gender, and Arch Location in the Nepalese Population

Table 5

Comparison of the mean width of the attached gingiva among different age groups.

Teeth	16–24 years (n = 40)	25–39 years (n = 40)	40 years and above (n = 40)	value
All	2.70 ± 0.38	3.03 ± 0.44	3.14 ± 0.29	<0.001
Maxillary
All teeth	2.96 ± 0.48	3.33 ± 0.52	3.29 ± 0.40	0.001
Incisor region	3.98 ± 0.89	4.61 ± 0.70	4.63 ± 0.61	<0.001
Premolar region	2.31 ± 0.64	2.29 ± 0.53	2.20 ± 0.55	0.66
Molar region	2.59 ± 0.53	3.09 ± 0.55	3.05 ± 0.56	<0.001
Mandibular
All teeth	2.45 ± 0.47	2.72 ± 0.46	2.99 ± 0.32	<0.001
Incisor region	3.03 ± 0.78	3.60 ± 0.67	3.85 ± 0.61	<0.001
Premolar region	1.85 ± 0.47	1.75 ± 0.63	1.94 ± 0.41	0.27
Molar region	2.46 ± 0.59	2.81 ± 0.63	3.19 ± 0.49	<0.001

One-way ANOVA, value <0.05, which is statistically significant.