Tooth type
Upper Lower
Early middle age I C P M Total I C P M Total Grand total
Observed 168 84 170 252 674 130 65 130 195 520 1194
Loss 9 3 1 8 21 0 0 3 7 10 31
SD 0.23 0.19 0.08 0.18 0.17 0.15 0.19 0.14 0.16
% AMTL 5.36 3.57 0.59 3.17 3.12 0 0 2.31 3.59 1.92 2.60
Early middle age vs    Late middle age P=0.135ns P=0.333ns P<0.01 L>E P<0.001L>E P<0.001L>E P<0.001L>E P<0.05 L>E P=0.051ns P<0.001L>E P<0.001L>E P<0.001    L>E
Late middle age
Observed 52 26 52 78 208 44 22 43 65 174 382
Loss 7 3 5 18 33 6 3 5 18 32 65
SD 0.32 0.33 0.3 0.42 0.37 0.35 0.35 0.32 0.45 0.39 0.38
% AMTL 13.46 11.54 9.62 23.08 15.87 13.64 13.64 11.63 27.69 18.39 17.02
I: Incisors; C: Canines; P: Premolars; M: Molars in tooth type distribution.
ns: not significant
E: Early middle age; L: Late middle age
Table 1: Antemortem tooth loos (AMTL) of Somali people in Early middle age and Late middle age.
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