Efficacy of Curcumin Gel on Zinc, Magnesium, Copper, IL-1β, and TNF-α in Chronic Periodontitis Patients

Table 2

Intragroup comparison of . Deviation of clinical parameters before and after 1 month of therapy in groups A and B using paired -test.

Group	Index	Time	Mean		Std. deviation	t-test	df.	value
Group A	PI	Before	2.127	30	0.177	36.546	29	(HS)
		After	0.533	30	0.184
	GI	Before	2.103	30	0.133	59.024	29	(HS)
		After	0.618	30	0.081
	BOP	Before	70.869	30	4.950	65.398	29	(HS)
		After	20.847	30	3.038
	PPD	Before	4.650	30	0.544	18.259	29	(HS)
		After	3.067	30	0.173
	CAL	Before	5.250	30	0.469	21.627	29	(HS)
		After	3.583	30	0.265
Group B	PI	Before	2.017	30	0.102	40.835	29	(HS)
		After	0.693	30	0.141
	GI	Before	2.047	30	0.183	35.066	29	(HS)
		After	0.925	30	0.104
	BOP	Before	68.161	30	6.316	34.272	29	(HS)
		After	31.547	30	4.075
	PPD	Before	4.617	30	0.409	22.321	29	(HS)
		After	3.233	30	0.254
	CAL	Before	5.100	30	0.635	16.37	29	(HS)
		After	4.067	30	0.254

was considered as significant.