Supplementary Table 4.

Correlation of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a total, in health and in chronic periodontitis at baseline with other parameters by Karl Pearson’s correlation coefficient method

Variables	Total NLR			NLR in H			NLR in CP-BL
	r	t	P	r	t	P	r	t	P
Platelets	−0.0581	−0.5459	0.5865	−0.3176	−2.1964	0.0335*	0.3164	2.1870	0.0342*
Lymphocytes	−0.3321	−3.3031	0.0014*	−0.5641	−4.4802	0.0001*	0.0959	0.6315	0.5311
Neutrophils	0.4326	4.5017	0.0001*	0.3709	2.6187	0.0121*	0.5900	4.7923	0.0001*
PlI	0.0531	0.4990	0.6190	−0.0177	−0.1162	0.9080	0.2079	1.3940	0.1705
GI	−0.0007	−0.0062	0.9951	−0.0353	−0.2316	0.8179	−0.0718	−0.4720	0.6393
PPD	0.0403	0.3788	0.7058	-	-	-	0.1762	1.1740	0.2469
CAL	0.0434	0.4072	0.6849	-	-	-	0.1888	1.2605	0.2143

*P<0.05. PlI – Plaque Index; GI – Gingival Index; PPD – Probing pocket depth; CAL – Clinical attachment loss; NLR – Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; BL – Baseline; PT – Posttreatment; H – Health; CP – Chronic periodontitis