. 2021 Jun 20;48(9):1250–1259. doi: 10.1111/jcpe.13479

TABLE 2.

A. Ratio of total proteolytic activity (TPA), matrix metalloproteinase‐8 (MMP‐8), chitinase and lysozyme to albumin in gingival crevicular fluid. B. Ratio of total proteolytic activity (TPA), matrix metalloproteinase‐8 (MMP‐8), chitinase and lysozyme to albumin in saliva

A.	Ratio TPA	Ratio MMP−8	Ratio chitinase	Ratio lysozyme
Controls	7.7	0.05	0.02	64.1
Controls	(0–52)	(0–0.12)	(0–0.6)	(0.8–207)
Periodontitis	3.3	0.1	0.03	5.0
Periodontitis	(0.1–72)	(0.0–4.0)	(0.0–1.7)	(1.5–99.0)
p‐Value^a	.399	.04	.623	.286

B.	Ratio TPA	Ratio MMP−8	Ratio chitinase	Ratio lysozyme
Controls	0.01	0.7	0.07	7.7
Controls	(0–0.09)	(0.02–6133)	(0–0.9)	(0.6–68)
Periodontitis	0.018	0.8	0.1	3.3
Periodontitis	(0–6)	(0.0–788)	(0.0–0.4)	(0.05–10)
p‐Value^a	.175	.627	.647	.015

Values are medians (interquartile range).

^{^a}

Mann–Whitney U test.