PubMed Central, : RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2025; 16(4): e0021. ISSN: 2076-9172Published online 2025 October 31. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10556

Table 3.

Age, Frequency, and Duration of Smoking in Smokers With and Without Xerostomia.

Parameters	Xerostomia	No xerostomia	P value
Distribution, n	29	121	0.713
Age in years, mean (SD)	39.7 (12.8)	38.8 (14.0)	0.710
Frequency of smoking per day, mean (SD)	7.6 (3.5)	6.1 (4.7)	0.005
Duration of smoking in years, mean (SD)	15.1 (10.4)	12.5 (11.1)	0.043

Values calculated using the Mann–Whitney U test

SD, standard deviation.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2025; 16(4): e0021. ISSN: 2076-9172

Published online 2025 October 31. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10556