Clinical Assessment of Nifedipine-Induced Gingival Overgrowth in a Group of Brazilian Patients

Table 1

Distribution of the demographic and pharmacological variables in the test and control groups.

	Test group	Control group
Number of patients	35	35
Age (range)	69.5 ± 2.12 (40–80)	40.5 ± 14.85 (30–73)
Gender distribution (m : f)	22 : 13	6 : 29
Nifedipine dose (mg/day)	40 ± 11.21	—
Time of nifedipine use (months)	156 ± 118.79	—