Table 3.

Correlation coefficients (Spearman test) between periodontopathogenic species and myeloperoxidase (MPO) as well as antimicrobial peptides

	MPO	HNP1–3	Unprocessed cathelicidin	11-kDa fragment	Mature LL-37
A. actinomycetemcomitans	0.156	0.129	0.011	0.075	0.126
P. gingivalis	0.061	0.575**	0.518**	0.360*	0.405*
T. forsythia	0.212	0.676**	0.344*	0.514**	0.484**
T. denticola	0.013	0.538**	0.338*	0.492**	0.525**
P. intermedia	0.263	0.260	− 0.178	0.289	0.324*

^*P < 0.05

^**P < 0.01.