Table (6).
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 II.
| Mean levels of IL-1 and TNF mRNA in Pg/μL | GI X ±SD 0.72 ± 0.21 |
PI X±SD 0.76 ± 0.23 |
PD X ± SD 4.9 ± 0.54 |
CLA X ± SD 6.3 ± 0.62 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before periodontal therapy | IL-1β | 126.45±76.16 | 0.412 | 0.451 | 0.528 | 0.561 |
| P value | <0.05 | <0.05 | <0.01 | <0.01 | ||
| TNFα | 17.78±11.04 | 0.615 | 0.523 | 0.592 | 0.574 | |
| P value | <0.01 | <0.05 | <0.01 | <0.01 | ||
| After periodontal therapy | IL-1β | 73.17±61.25 | 0.146 | 0.125 | 0.215 | 0.216 |
| P value | >0.05 | >0.05 | >0.05 | >0.05 | ||
| TNFα | 6.71±2.34 | 0.295 | 0.284 | 0.280 | 0.320 | |
| P value | <0.05 | <0.05 | <0.05 | <0.05 | ||