Table 3.
Distribution of the GCF biomarkers by periodontal status, N = 158.
| Biomarker (pg/mL) | Low Tertile PD n = 52 (33%) |
Medium/High Tertile PD n = 106 (67%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median (q1, q3) | Median (q1, q3) | p-Value § | Missing Value | |
| IL-1a † | 2.06 (0.76, 4.22) | 4.36 (2.01, 8.36) | 0.0001 | |
| IL-1b † | 0.29 (0.10, 0.58) | 0.59 (0.32, 1.33) | 0.0002 | |
| IL-10 ‡ | 0.34 (0.17, 0.80) | 0.59 (0.29, 1.27) | 0.007 | 1 |
| TNF- α | 0.31 (0.11, 0.67) | 0.51 (0.17, 0.90) | 0.043 | 3 |
| sICAM-1 † | 1.95 (0.83, 3.75) | 3.52 (1.44, 6.31) | 0.020 | |
| sVCAM-1 † | 0.27 (0.13, 0.48) | 0.32 (0.11, 0.61) | 0.560 | 12 |
| RANKL/OPG | 0.09 (0.05, 0.14) | 0.09 (0.04, 0.16) | 0.787 | 13 |
† value/102; ‡ value/SD; § 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).