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Published in final edited form as: J Periodontol. 2014 Feb 6;85(8):e295–e303. doi: 10.1902/jop.2014.130696

Table 4.

Comparative Concentrations (mean ± SD) of Biomarkers Post-Treatment of Patients With Gingivitis

Analyte	Post-treatment (G3)	P, H1 versus G3	P, H2 versus G3	P, G1 versus G3	P, G2 versus G3

IL-1β (pg/mL)	17.4 ± 21.9	0.302	0.734	0.247	0.055
IL-6 (pg/mL)	4.5 ± 9.1	0.765	0.714	0.652	0.368
MMP-8 (ng/mL)	179.9 ± 163.9	0.966	0.719	0.570	0.134
MIP-1α (pg/mL)	8.6 ± 10.4	0.014	0.006	0.402	0.500
PGE₂ (ng/mL)	735.5 ± 754.6	0.037	0.001	0.526	0.364

Values in bold have P values <0.05 by Wilcoxon signed-rank (within groups) and rank-sum (between groups) tests.