Table 2.
Clinical Measure | Healthy | Periodontitis | ||||
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Young | Adolescent | Adult | Aged | Adult | Aged | |
Animal Group | ||||||
Mean BOP | 0.3 ± 0.2* | 1.0 ± 0.6a | 1.0 ± 0.3b | 1.0 ± 0.5a | 2.2 ± 0.2c | 2.3 ± 0.3c |
Mean PPD | 1.4 ± 0.1 | 2.3 ± 0.3b | 2.5 ± 0.4b | 2.5 ± 0.4b | 3.4 ± 0.2c | 3.5 ± 0.4c |
Site Sampled | ||||||
Mean BOP | 0.3 ± 0.4 | 0.9 ± 0.5 | 0.8 ± 0.4 | 0.9 ± 0.6 | 2.4 ± 0.4c | 2.7 ± 0.4c |
Mean PPD | 1.3 ± 0.2 | 2.0 ± 0.3a | 2.3 ± 0.3b | 2.3 ± 0.7a | 3.6 ± 0.3c | 4.7 ± 0.9c,d |
Values denote group means ± 1SD
Significantly different from young group at least at p<0.05
Significantly different from young group at least at p<0.001
Significantly different from matched age healthy at least at p<0.001
Significantly different from adult periodontitis at p<0.03