Quantification of TNF-α in Patients with Periodontitis and Type 2 Diabetes

Table 2

Loss of insertion and probe depth.

GROUP	LI	PD	TNF-α
	Mean±SD (Ranges)	Mean±SD (Range)	Mean±SD (Range)
POD2B	n=44	4.68±1.68	0.48±0.38 (0.10-0.91)
T2D	n=37	2.48±0.48 (1.00-3.00)	0.56±0.38 (0.10-0.91)
POD2B/T2D	n=40	4.55±1.14 (2.66-6.66)	0.50±0.40 (0.10-1.17)
CONTROL	n=39	2.35±0.40 (1.66-3.00)	0.50±0.39 (0.10-1.00)

LI: Loss of insertion; PD: probe depth; Kruskal Wallis test p=0.001; Spearman test p=0.001