Periodontal Status in Smokers and Nonsmokers: A Clinical, Microbiological, and Histopathological Study

Table 1

Age distribution.

Age in years	Nonsmokers		Smokers
	No	%	No	%
25–30	36	36.0	38	38.0
31–35	20	20.0	16	16.0
36–40	22	22.0	23	23.0
41–45	11	11.0	15	15.0
46–50	11	11.0	8	8.0
Total	100	100.0	100	100.0
Mean ± SD	35.10 ± 7.14		35.13 ± 7.05
Remarks	Samples are age matched with 𝑃=0.976