Table I.

Demographic and laboratory data of the 19 patients with periodontitis.

No.	Gender	Age (years)	IL-6 (pg/ml)	IL-8 (pg/ml)	TNF-α (pg/ml)
1	M	49	3.53±0.42	20.49±2.24	21.42±1.74
2	M	54	10.21±0.07	44.06±1.17	20.87±0.32
3	M	56	53.08±0.45	97.04±0.01	20.28±0.01
4	M	70	3.47±0.02	19.98±0.33	20.51±0.23
5	M	31	7.80±0.03	23.54±0.37	20.32±0.17
6	M	64	3.56±0.03	22.85±0.67	20.87±0.35
7	M	54	12.34±0.15	49.50±1.64	20.50±0.13
8	M	42	7.02±0.24	30.40±2.70	20.96±0.18
9	M	47	4.72±0.04	38.13±1.06	21.24±0.86
10	M	47	3.84±0.01	26.88±0.29	21.09±0.39
11	M	63	10.86±0.75	42.94±0.01	20.05±0.01
12	M	53	3.60±0.01	26.71±0.58	20.78±0.09
13	M	39	3.31±0.01	19.53±0.63	20.98±2.86
14	M	63	8.35±0.23	41.06±5.41	21.07±2.08
15	F	42	3.41±0.15	21.40±0.01	20.09±0.01
16	F	65	7.12±0.01	28.99±2.51	21.52±0.77
17	F	25	3.40±0.04	24.23±0.01	20.06±0.01
18	F	32	5.89±0.03	42.53±0.20	20.02±0.09
19	F	40	4.20±0.25	26.00±0.92	20.66±0.06

All proteins were normalized per 100 μg protein sample. Three triplicate experiments were independently performed. Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation. IL, interleukin; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α; M, male; F, female.