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. 2023 Nov 23;14:1243992. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1243992

Table 5.

Periodontitis parameters and salivary inflammatory markers in patients with short- vs. long-duration diabetes and different degrees of coronary atherosclerosis.

Short duration of diabetes Long duration of diabetes
Normal-to-mild coronary AS Moderate-to-severe coronary AS P value Normal-to-mild coronary AS Moderate-to-severe coronary AS P value
PI 1.74 ± 0.23 1.73 ± 0.40 0.876 1.81 ± 0.27 1.87 ± 0.40 0.607
PD 2.95 ± 0.68 2.90 ± 0.91 0.060 3.20 ± 0.71 3.06 ± 0.69 0.491
CI 1.76 ± 0.24 1.70 ± 0.31 0.412 1.81 ± 0.29 1.79 ± 0.44 0.878
CAL 3.33 ± 1.11 3.77 ± 0.77 0.172 4.00 ± 1.40 4.04 ± 1.16 0.928
GI 2.27 ± 0.33 2.24 ± 0.29 0.800 2.35 ± 0.34 2.36 ± 0.32 0.990
Number of teeth lost 4.06 ± 0.86 8.62 ± 2.21* 0.037 6.57 ± 1.49 8.04 ± 1.35 0.472
IL-6 (pg/ml) 3.13 ± 0.24 2.04 ± 0.74 0.420 3.64 ± 5.07 5.95 ± 1.49 0.742
MMP-9 (ng/ml) 549.66 ± 39.66 411.99 ± 82.12 0.154 611.91 ± 85.48 552.17 ± 95.01 0.656
TNF-α (pg/ml) 49.43 ± 16.94 23.08 ± 17.94 0.493 86.40 ± 77.55 41.31 ± 35.26 0.570

Continuous variables are expressed in the form mean ± SD.

*p < 0.05 vs. normal-to-mild coronary AS group.