Table 4.
Correlation between baseline and stimulated salivary proinflammatory cytokines in patients with periodontitis.
| Stimulated | Baseline | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL-1α | IL-1β | IL-6 | IL-8 | TNF-α | TNF-β | |
| Correlation coefficients (P value) | ||||||
| IL-1α | 0.66** | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.02 | −0.4 | −0.35 |
| (0.001) | (0.1) | (0.09) | (0.93) | (0.08) | (0.12) | |
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| IL-1β | 0.42 | 0.44* | 0.31 | 0.08 | −0.36 | −0.28 |
| (0.06) | (0.04) | (0.17) | (0.72) | (0.1) | (0.22) | |
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| IL-6 | 0.63** | 0.47* | 0.60** | 0.26 | −0.48* | −0.41 |
| (0.002) | (0.03) | (0.004) | (0.26) | (0.03) | (0.07) | |
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| IL-8 | 0.38 | 0.22 | 0.14 | 0.25 | −0.30 | −0.18 |
| (0.09) | (0.34) | (0.53) | (0.27) | (0.18) | (0.43) | |
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| TNF-α | 0.29 | 0.25 | 0.03 | −0.001 | −0.26 | −0.12 |
| (0.21) | (0.28) | (0.90) | (1.00) | (0.26) | (0.61) | |
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| TNF-β | −0.02 | −0.24 | −0.46 | −0.14 | 0.27 | 0.32 |
| (0.92) | (0.29) | (0.03) | (0.54) | (0.24) | (0.16) | |
* P < 0.05.
** P < 0.01.