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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Periodontol. 2010 Nov;37(11):953–961. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2010.01616.x

Table 3.

Demographic information of the participants and clinical parameters in the biopsied gingival sites

Demographic/Clinical parameters Periodontal health (n =23) Experimental gingivitis (n =12) Periodontitis (n =12)
Mean age (years) 40.8 ± 11.6 35.8 ± 11.2 47.2 ± 7.4
Gender
Males/Females 6/17 5/7 9/3*
Probing depth (Mean±SD, mm) 2.2 ± 0.6 2.24 ± 0.63 6.3 ± 0.8**
Clinic attachment level (Mean±SD, mm) 1.2 ± 0.6 1.3 ± 0.45 4.7 ± 1.5**
*

p<0.05 as compared with periodontal health.

**

p<0.001 as compared with periodontal health.