Research Article

The Reliability of a New Device for Measuring the Maximum Bite Force

Table 1

Distribution of subjects according to mean height, weight, BMI, and the number of intact teeth present in OSMF and healthy groups.

VariablesOSMF groupHealthy group value value
MeanStd. dev.MeanStd. dev.

Age38.325.4039.074.89-0.79730.4269
Weight (kg)69.406.3069.606.88-0.16610.8684
Height (m)1.720.091.690.071.92700.0564
BMI23.723.5724.513.21-1.26170.2096
Intact teeth, number29.652.3429.601.060.15060.8805

Std. dev: standard deviation.