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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 11.
Published in final edited form as: Pak J Biol Sci. 2010 Feb 1;13(3):101–113. doi: 10.3923/pjbs.2010.101.113

Table 3.

Comparison between patient and control groups regarding demographic, clinical and laboratory parameters

Variables Controls
Mean±SD		 Patients
Mean±SD		 t-value p-value Sig.
Age (years) 14.50±2.87 14.32±2.27 0.18 >0.05 NS
MIO (mm) 53.33±1.11 43.0±4.93 6.1 <0.001 HS
Neut. Count
(× 109 mL−1)		 4.91±0.65 5.24±0.52 1.5 >0.05 NS
Hb (g dL−1) 13.05±1.33 10.62±0.90 5.8 <0.001 HS
ESR (mm h−1) 7.5±2.59 61.30±37.11 4.5 <0.001 HS
Serum S100A12
(ng mL−1)		 81.5±27.99 666.0±391.3 4.6 <0.001 HS

MIO: Maximal interincisal opening, Neut: Neutrophil, Hb: Haemoglobin, ESR: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate. There were high significant differences between both groups regarding maximal interincisal opening and serum S100A12 levels. NS: Not significant, HS: Highly significant