TABLE 4.

Clinical and biochemical parameters among patients in groups 1, 2 and control

Parameters	Control N = 50	Group 1 N = 27	p a	Group 2 N = 23	p b
Plaque index, mean ± SD	0.4 (0.2)	0.5 (0.4)	0.008	0.6 (0.5)	0.002
Gingival index, mean ± SD	0.4 (0.4)	1.0 (0.5)	<0.001	1.1 (0.9)	<0.001
BOP, mean ± SD	29.4 (16.4)	39.1 (19.7)	0.02	37.0 (25.8)	0.05
MMP‐8 μg/ml, median (Q1, Q3)	38.3 (15.7, 67.8)	58.2 (26.2, 83.2)	0.685	31.5 (15.1, 56.1)	0.541
IL‐8, pg/ml, median (Q1, Q3)	225 (150, 414)	267 (172, 458)	0.529	217 (144, 402)	0.517
AGEs, μg/ml, median (Q1, Q3)	5.8 (0.9, 13.1)	9.9 (0.9, 57.9)	0.873	2.5 (0.9, 11.3)	0.980

Note: The significance level for bold value is p < 0.05. Group 1: Diabetics with HbA1c: 6.1–8%; Group 2: Diabetics with HbA1c >8%; Control: Non‐diabetics.

^a Comparison between control and group 1.

^b Comparison between control and group 2.