Table 2.
Distribution of the serum biomarkers by periodontal status, N = 248.
| Biomarker (pg/mL) | Low Tertile PD n = 93 (37%) |
Medium/High Tertile PD n = 155 (63%) |
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| Median (q1, q3) | Median (q1, q3) | p-Value ‡ | Missing Value | |
| IL-1b | 2.8 (0.9, 4.0) | 3.3 (2.3, 5.1) | 0.109 | 56 |
| IL-6 | 5.3 (3.8, 6.4) | 5.3 (3.7, 7.2) | 0.822 | |
| TNF- α | 9.6 (7.1, 12.1) | 10.0 (7.1, 13.0) | 0.540 | |
| IL-10 | 8.8 (6.4, 11.5) | 9.8 (7.4, 12.7) | 0.043 | 45 |
| sICAM-1 † | 44.5 (32.1, 54.5) | 46.5 (36.1,72.4) | 0.093 | |
| sVCAM-1 † | 69.5 (56.0, 85.8) | 71.8 (55.5, 90.7) | 0.747 | |
| RANKL | 15.9 (10.7, 22.2) | 15.9 (11.1, 24.0) | 0.673 | 11 |
† value/104, ‡ Wilcoxon rank-sum test for comparison of the medians between two groups. p-values in bolds are statistically significant (p < 0.05) or close to being significant (p < 0.10).