Table 2.

Blood markers analysis of study patients with stable or unstable AAA.

Variable	Stable AAA	Unstable AAA	P-value
	N = 30	N = 31
CRP (mg/ml)	5.71 ± 18.40	5.83 ± 6.20	0.02
LPS (pg/ml)	334 ± 1736	46.60 ± 111	0.44
Antibodies (OD450 nm)*
Anti-Aa	18.50 ± 9.89	14.90 ± 8.10	0.14
Anti-Pg	12.30 ± 7.00	9.07 ± 7.05	0.08

CRP, C-reactive protein; LPS, lipopolysaccharide; Aa, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans; Pg, Porphyromonas gingivalis.