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Published in final edited form as: J Periodontol. 2014 Dec;85(12):1770–1778. doi: 10.1902/jop.2014.140180

Table 3.

Baseline log10 mean (StdErr) saliva mediator by BGI category.

	Health	G	P1	P2	P3	Overall p-value
IL-1β	2.43 (0.07)	2.46 (0.07)	2.45 (0.07)	2.47 (0.07)	2.76 (0.07)^a	0.004
IL-8	2.75 (0.06)	2.80 (0.06)	2.77 (0.06)	2.78 (0.06)	2.98 (0.06)	0.07
MCP-1	2.28 (0.06)	2.44 (0.06)	2.45 (0.06)	2.49 (0.06)	2.48 (0.06)	0.07
MMP-1	1.50 (0.17)	1.35 (0.17)	1.59 (0.18)	1.18 (0.15)	1.13 (0.17)	0.24
MMP-3	1.94 (0.11)	1.94 (0.11)	1.88 (0.11)	1.94 (0.10)	2.34 (0.11)^a	0.02
MMP-8	4.70 (0.10)	4.85 (0.10)	4.76 (0.10)	4.94 (0.09)	5.42 (0.10)^a	<0.0001
MMP-9	4.92 (0.07)	4.98 (0.07)	4.93 (0.08)	5.05 (0.08)	5.39 (0.08) ^a	<0.0001
TIMP-1	5.26 (0.05)	5.24 (0.05)	5.18 (0.05)	5.08 (0.05)	5.21 (0.05)	0.15
TIMP-2	4.53 (0.04)	4.78 (0.04)	4.50 (0.04)	4.45 (0.04)	4.62 (0.04)	0.06
TIMP-3	1.49 (0.24)	1.93 (0.24)	1.56 (0.24)	0.67 (0.24) ^b	1.81 (0.24)	0.003
TIMP-4	1.11 (0.04)	1.11 (0.04)	1.08 (0.04)	1.05 (0.04)	1.14 (0.04)	0.67
IL-1ra	5.79 (0.07)	5.58 (0.07)	5.57 (0.07)	5.83 (0.07)	5.72 (0.07)	0.03
NGAL	2.51 (0.05)	2.48 (0.05)	2.60 (0.05)	2.54 (0.05)	2.75 (0.05) ^a	0.005

StdErr = Standard error

= Statistically different from groups H, G, P1, and P2

= Statistically different from groups H, G, P1, and P3