[Table/Fig-2]:

Consolidated pairwise comparison among the four groups for PI, GI, PD and Resistin

	PI	GI	PD(mm)	Resistin (ng/μl)
Group A versus Group B	0.0081*	0.0000*	0.0018*	0.0238*
Group A versus Group C	0.082	0.925	0.878	0.0198*
Group A versus Group D	0.0843	0.0014*	0.0001*	0.0001*
Group B versus Group C	0.0324*	0.0021*	0.0210*	0.498
Group B versus Group D	0.521	0.983	0.982	0.034*
Group C versus Group D	0.456	0.0002*	0.0016*	0.0378

PI: Plaque Index, GI: Modified Gingival Index, PD: Probing Depth, RF: Rheumatoid Factor *p-value <0.05 (statistically significant)