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Published in final edited form as: J Periodontol. 2008 Oct;79(10):1904–1912. doi: 10.1902/jop.2008.070670

Table 2.

Clinical Parameters, GCF/PICF Volume, and GCF/PICF Cytokine Concentrations (median [range]) During Early Wound Healing

	Control Group		Antibiotic Group

	Baseline GCF	1-Week PO PICF	Baseline GCF	1-Week PO PICF
GI	0.83 (0.16 to 1.33)	1 (0.66 to 1.66)	0.83 (0.3 to 1.33)	0.73 (0.6 to 1)
		0.04
PI	0.83 (0.66 to 1.4)	1.2 (0.83 to 1.5)	0.83 (0.6 to 1.33)	0.83 (0.4 to 1.33)
	0.05
GCF/PICF volume (μl)	6.1 (5 to 7.5)	5.3 (3 to 8.3)	7.4 (4.7 to 11)	7.4 (3.2 to 9)
μl/20-second strip	0.56 (0.33 to 0.72)	0.47 (0.25 to 0.68)	0.62 (0.48 to 1)	0.55 (0.25 to 1)
GCF/PICF IL-1β (pg/ml)	297 (41 to 667)	428 (149 to 1,767)	278 (87 to 681)	446 (213 to 882)
			0.05
	0.02
GCF/PICF IL-8 (pg/ml)	2,368 (1,624 to 5,024)	4,674 (1,952 to 15,668)	1,079 (248 to 2,960)	3,400 (695 to 9,040)
			0.02

PO = postoperative.

Values in bold are P values for within- and between-group comparisons.