Table 2.

Spearman correlations between clinical and biochemical parameters in patients with periodontitis

Parameter	Age	BMI	Periodontal pathology	Plaque index	Gingival bleeding index	Hsp60
Total cholesterol	0.292	0.575**	0.432*	−0.302	0.221	0.258
Triglycerides	0.245	0.408*	0.278	−0.213	−0.119	0.877***
HDL-cholesterol	−0.295	−0.584**	−0.485*	0.164	−0.185	−0.589**
LDL-cholesterol	0.257	0.550*	0.456*	−0.223	0.279	0.030
Non-HDL-cholesterol	0.333	0.655***	0.504*	−0.302	0.240	0.233
Small, dense LDL	0.208	0.245	0.265	−0.216	−0.131	0.925***
C-reactive protein	0.005	0.536*	−0.105	−0.144	0.124	−0.153
Hsp60	0.241	0.199	0.403*	−0.027	−0.101	–

In bold the relationships that reached statistical significance

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.005; ***p ≤ 0.0005