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Table 1.

The total and differential inflammatory cell counts with their p values in all studied groups.

Groups	Total (mean ± SE)	PMNL cells (mean ± SE)			Mononuclear cells (median)
Groups	Total (mean ± SE)	Neutrophil	Eosinophil	Basophil	Lymphocyte	Plasma cell	Macrophage
Normal healthy (P value; Normal healthy vs EPD)	12.3 ± 1.52 (0.0001)^a	4.50 ± 1.09 (0.001)^a	2.60 ± 0.56 (0.003)^a	0	2 (0.005)^b	0 (0.002)^b	3 (0.0001)^b
EPD (P value; EPD vs CHX -T-EPD)	67.6 ± 14.15 (0.002)^a	12.20 ± 1.8 (0.0001)^a	11.10 ± 2.35 (0.27)^a	0	5 (0.063)^b	1 (0.029)^b	23 (0.035)^b
CHX -T-EPD (P value; CHX -T-EPD vs Cu-T-EPD)	30.7 ± 6.12 (0.72)^a	3.90 ± 0.70 (0.007)^a	8.10 ± 2.46 (0.85)^a	0	2 (0.089)^b	0 (0.68)^b	11 (0.679)^b
Cu-T-EPD (P value; Cu-T-EPD vs EPD)	34.7 ± 3.26 (0.006)^a	9.90 ± 1.9 (0.278)^a	7.60 ± 1.62 (0.203)^a	0	5 (0.68)^b	0 (0.004)^b	11.5 (0.011)^b

Within each row, values expressed by Mean ± SE, and P values, P ≤ 0.05 considered as significant.

PMNL, polymorphonuclear leukocyte; EPD, Experimental periodontitis; CHX -T-EPD, Chlorhexidine treated experimental periodontitis; Cu-T-EPD, Curcumin treated experimental periodontitis.

One-way ANOVA-LSD.

Mann–Whitney Test.