Figure 5.

The treatment effects of anti-infective treatment in 12 CP patients to the recorded clinical periodontal parameters. (A) The number of at least 4mm periodontal pockets; (B) bleeding on probing (%), and (C) visual plaque index (%) in relation to HCs. Patients were examined at base level t0, 1st recall visit t1 (5 weeks), and 2nd recall visit t2 (10 weeks). The differences in the clinical parameters between t0, t1, and t2 were tested with Friedman’s test (asymptotic, 2-sided) (A) p < 0.001, (B) p < 0.001, and (C) p < 0.001; and pairwise post hoc comparisons by Dunn–Bonferroni test are marked in the plots. The differences between 25 HCs (healthy controls) and 12 CP-patients at t0, t1, and t2 in the recorded clinical indices calculated by Bonferroni-corrected Kruskal–Wallis test are marked in the plots. Asterisk (*) and circle (o) represent outliers of more than 3 times the interquartile range and between 1.5 and 3 times the interquartile range, respectively.