Table 6.
Individuals’ serum interleukin 6 and 8 concentrations; median (lower/upper quartile)
| Parameters | Chronic periodontitis; ChP (n = 25) |
Aggressive periodontitis; AgP (n = 17) |
ChP/AgP p |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interleukin 6 [pg/ml] | Baseline | 1.6 (1.3/2.3) | 1.1 (0.9/1.8) | 0.074 |
| 12 weeks | 1.3 (0.9/2.7) | 1.4 (0.9/1.8) | 0.787 | |
| Change baseline to 12 weeks | − 0.2 (− 0.4/0.3) | 0.1 (− 0.1/0.4) | 0.976 | |
| 60 months | 1.6 (1.4/1.8) | 1.4 (1.2/1.8) | 0.174 | |
| Change baseline to 60 months | 0 (− 0.6/0.3) | 0.3 (− 0.5/0.7) | 0.205 | |
| Change 12 weeks to 60 months | 0.2 (− 1.1/0.6) | 0.1 (− 0.1/0.4) | 0.768 | |
| Interleukin 8 [pg/ml] | Baseline | 19.0 (14.3/32.0) | 19.0 (11.5/23.3) | 0.329 |
| 12 weeks | 28.0 (22.0/43.0) | 19.0 (10.8/33.3) | 0.023 | |
| Change baseline to 12 weeks | 4.0 (− 2.8/14.5) | 0.0 (− 10.0/16.0) | 0.457 | |
| 60 months | 16.4 (12.3/20.8)c | 16.0 (12.9/19.6) | 0.547 | |
| Change baseline to 60 months | − 1.6 (− 15.6/3.1) | − 2.0 (− 6.6/4.1) | 0.788 | |
| Change 12 weeks to 60 months | − 9.4 (− 18.4/− 5.8) | − 1.0 (− 13.4/4.8) | 0.079 |
Significantly different to 12 weeks: c(p < 0.001)