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

Table 3

Intragroup comparison of . Deviation of serum Zn, Cu, and Mg levels at baseline before therapy and 1 month after therapy in both A and B groups using paired -test.

Group	Index	Time	Mean		Std. deviation	-test	df	value
Group A	Mg	Before	1.540	30	0.081	-13.131	29	(HS)
		After	1.827	30	0.087
	Zn	Before	130.532	30	33.892	-4.296	29	(HS)
		After	171.273	30	61.448
	Cu	Before	199.364	30	32.004	7.109	29	(HS)
		After	178.747	30	31.504
Group B	Mg	Before	1.540	30	0.067	-5.135	29	(HS)
		After	1.607	30	0.058
	Zn	Before	97.667	30	6.031	-0.107	29	0.915 (NS)
		After	97.897	30	14.952
	Cu	Before	186.577	30	34.583	3.775	29	0.001 (HS)
		After	159.444	30	12.792

was considered as significant.