Table 4.

Salivary levels of CRP, IL-6 and TNF-α in type 2 diabetics using healthy controls as reference adjusting for age and periodontal status

Salivary marker	Coefficient	Standard error	95% CI	p value
CRP (μg/ml)	0.0339879	0.0127632	0.008526, 0.0594498	0.010
IL-6 (pg/ml)	3.559502	6.707975	− 9.822543, 16.94155	0.597
TNF α (pg/ml)	− 1.099039	3.312051	− 7.706401, 5.508322	0.741