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Correlation between baseline salivary proinflammatory cytokines in patients with periodontitis.
| Baseline | Baseline | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL-1α | IL-1β | IL-6 | IL-8 | TNF-α | TNF-β | |
| Correlation coefficients (P value) | ||||||
| IL-1α | 1.00 | |||||
|
| ||||||
| IL-1β | 0.46* | 1.00 | ||||
| (0.03) | ||||||
|
| ||||||
| IL-6 | 0.26 | 0.72** | 1.00 | |||
| (0.26) | (0.0002) | |||||
|
| ||||||
| IL-8 | 0.32 | 0.60** | 0.43 | 1.00 | ||
| (0.16) | (0.0043) | (0.05) | ||||
|
| ||||||
| TNF-α | −0.14 | −0.38 | −0.33 | 0.00 | 1.00 | |
| (0.55) | (0.09) | (0.14) | (1.00) | |||
|
| ||||||
| TNF-β | −0.42 | −0.46* | −0.41 | −0.07 | 0.56 | 1.00 |
| (0.06) | (0.04) | (0.07) | (0.77) | (0.01) | ||
* P < 0.05.
** P < 0.01.
