Table 6. Correlation between total amount concentration of N, VCAM-1 and clinical parameters (r).
| AMI+CP | GCF N Cont.(T6) | GCF VCAM-1 T.A(T6) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full-mouth PI(T6) | 0.557* | |||
| Sample PI(T6) | 0.480* | |||
| Full-mouth CAL(T6) | 0.580** | |||
| Full-mouth BOP(T6) | -0.454* | |||
| CP | GCF N Cont.(T0) | GCF N T.A (T3) | GCF N Cont.(T6) | |
| Full-mouth CAL(T0) | 0.452* | |||
| CAL≥7(T0) | 0.467* | |||
| Sample PD(T3) | 0.472* | |||
| Full-mouth BOP(T6) | 0.543* | |||
| Full-mouth PI(T6) | 0.536* | |||
| Full-mouth PD(T6) | 0.543* | |||
| CP | GCF VCAM-1 Cont.(T0) | GCF VCAM-1 T.A(T0) | GCF VCAM-1 Cont.(T3) | GCF VCAM-1 T.A(T3) |
| Sample PD(T0) | 0.563** | 0.586** | ||
| Sample CAL(T0) | 0.470* | 0.481* | ||
| CAL≥7(T0) | 0.461* | |||
| Full-mouth GI(T3) | 0.467* | |||
| CAL<5(T3) | 0.460* | |||
| 5<CAL≤7(T3) | 0.499* | |||
| CAL≥7(T3) | 0.482* | 0.529* |
*
p<0.05,
**
p<0.01 T.A:Total Amount (ng), Cont:Concentration (ng/ml), AMI:Acute Myocardial Infarction, CP:Chronic Periodontitis, N:Neopterin, VCAM-1:vascular cell adhesion molecule-1, PI:Plaque Index, CAL:Clinical attachment level, BOP:Bleeding on probing, PD:Probing Depth (r)= Spearman correlation coefficient.