Table 4.

MMP/TIMP ratios before and after therapy (n = 10)

	MMP-2/ TIMP-1	MMP-2/ TIMP 2	MMP-9/ TIMP-1	MMP-9/ TIMP-2	MMP-8/ TIMP-1	MMP-8/ TIMP-2
Before therapy	0.016	0.188	1.343	15.824	0.002	0.022
After therapy	0.014	0.188	1.130	15.047	0.000*	0.005*

The (*) shows significance at P < 0.05