. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Clin Periodontol. 2014 Jun 1;41(7):673–680. doi: 10.1111/jcpe.12268

Table 2.

HbA1c at baseline and 4^th month in experiment and control groups

HbA1c	Baseline	4^th months	Δ	p*	p**
Experimental group (n = 66)	9.0 ± 2.3	8.4 ± 1.9	−0.6 ± 2.1	0.09	0.89
Control group (n = 60)	8.4 ± 2.0	8.1 ± 1.8	−0.3 ± 1.7	0.10	0.89

Δ: difference between HbA1c at baseline and at 4^th month.

p*: comparison of baseline and 4^th month data

p**: comparison of the changes in HbA1c between treatment and control groups.