Salivary Levels of IL-6 and IL-17 Could Be an Indicator of Disease Severity in Patients with Calculus Associated Chronic Periodontitis

Table 3

Levels of IL-6 and IL-17 in CP patients and healthy controls.

Variables	Healthy controls (41); (Mean ± SD)	Mild CP (10); (Mean ± SD)	Moderate CP (16); (Mean ± SD)	Severe CP (15); (Mean ± SD)	value
IL-17 (pg/ml)
IL-6 (ng/L)					, <0.001^3, <0.001^5, <0.001^6

Statistically significant , CP = chronic periodontitis, ¹Healthy and mild, ²Healthy and moderate, ³Healthy and severe, ⁴Mild and moderate, ⁵Mild and severe, ⁶ Moderate and severe.