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Table 3 Relationship between the bone marrow edema and implant size in the around dental implants

From: Dental implants: a potential cause of bone marrow edema in the jaw—preliminary report

  

Bone marrow edema

P values

Presence (signal intensity = low-to-intermediate to high)

Absence (signal intensity=low)

Implant size

Mean short axis diameter ± SD (mm)

5.0 ± 0.39

3.92 ± 0.35

< 0.001

Mean long axis diameter ± SD

(mm)

14.0 ± 1.57

15.0 ± 1.41

.124

  1. SD = Standard deviation