Table 3.
Correlation of chemerin gene expression and chemerin protein levels with clinical and microbiological variables (P and R are only given if p was statistically significant) Spearman Rho.
| Chemerin expression |
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|---|---|---|
| R | P | |
| PD ≥ 5 mm (n) | 0.472 | 0.031 |
| AL ≥ 5 mm (n) | 0.451 | 0.034 |
| BOP (%) | n.s. | |
| PI (%) | n.s. | |
| A. actinomycetemcomitans | n.s. | |
| P. gingivalis | 0.462 | 0.035 |
| T. forsythia | 0.550 | 0.010 |
| T. denticola | n.s. | |
| Chemerin protein level | n.s. | |
PD, probing depth; AL, attachment loss; BOP, bleeding on probing; PI, plaque index; n.s., not significant.