Table (5).
Correlation Coefficient (r) between the mean levels of IL-1β mRNA and TNFα mRNA with the scores of clinical parameters before and after periodontal treatment in group I.
| Date | Mean levels of IL-1 and TNF mRNA in Pg/μL | GI X ±SD 1.51 ± 0.21 |
PI X±SD 1.69 ± 0.29 |
PD X ± SD 5.73 ± 0.55 |
CLA X± SD 6.92± 0.60 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before periodontal Therapy | IL-1β | 131.35±54.23 | 0.523 | 0.572 | 0.560 | 0.624 |
| P value | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | ||
| TNFα | 26.65±23.67 | 0.730 | 0.534 | 0.875 | 0.715 | |
| P value | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.001 | <0.01 | ||
| After Periodontal Therapy | IL-1β | 115.45±67.12 | 0.412 | 0.451 | 0.528 | 0.561 |
| P value | <0.05 | <0.05 | <0.01 | <0.01 | ||
| TNFα | 21.54±68.13 | 0.615 | 0.523 | 0.592 | 0.574 | |
| P value | <0.01 | <0.05 | <0.01 | <0.01 | ||