Table 4. Metabolites identified and compared attending the periodontal satatus.
* p < 0.05 and ** p < 0.01.
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Periodontal status |
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| Periodontally healthy | Gingivitis/early periodontitis | Moderate/Advanced periodontitis | |||||
| Mean | Standar deviation | Mean | Standar deviation | Mean | Standar deviation | p-value | |
| Caproate** | .005886 | .001438 | .005855 | .001990 | .006261 | .002163 | .00531 |
| Isocaprate+butyrate** | .008794 | .001343 | .009382 | .002751 | .010995 | .003623 | .00005 |
| Isovalerate** | .005233 | .001176 | .005702 | .001588 | .006760 | .002470 | .00047 |
| Isoleucine* | .008548 | .001283 | .008509 | .002108 | .009497 | .002249 | .01187 |
| Isopropanol+Methanol* | .010647 | .009113 | .009472 | .006538 | .012522 | .018816 | .04489 |
| 4-Aminobutyrate* | .003381 | .000825 | .003484 | .000939 | .004105 | .001216 | .01407 |
| Choline* | .002397 | .000431 | .002379 | .000429 | .002444 | .000597 | .02388 |
| Sucrose* | .005860 | .001630 | .005397 | .001031 | .004765 | .001339 | .02564 |
| Sucrose+Glc+Lys* | .025448 | .009300 | .024012 | .006007 | .021597 | .004739 | .04969 |
| Lactate+Proline** | .011513 | .002817 | .011886 | .005237 | .010010 | .002031 | .00536 |
| Lactate* | .002194 | .000798 | .002237 | .001264 | .001796 | .000570 | .02092 |
| Proline ** | .001810 | .000527 | .001946 | .000898 | .001653 | .000415 | .00934 |