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

Table 5

Intergroup comparison of curcumin (group A) and SRP groups (group B) after 1 month of therapy using unpaired -test.

Parameters	Time	Group		Mean	Std. deviation	-test	df	value
PI	After therapy	Group A	30	0.533	0.184	-3.772	58
		Group B	30	0.693	0.141			(HS)
GI	After therapy	Group A	30	0.618	0.081	-12.746	58
		Group B	30	0.925	0.104			(HS)
BOP	After therapy	Group A	30	20.847	3.038	-11.53	58
		Group B	30	31.547	4.075			(HS)
PPD	After therapy	Group A	30	3.067	0.173	-2.973	58	0.004
		Group B	30	3.233	0.254			(HS)
CAL	After therapy	Group A	30	3.583	0.265	-4.316	58
		Group B	30	4.067	0.553			(HS)
Mg	After therapy	Group A	30	1.827	0.087	11.519	58
		Group B	30	1.607	0.058			(HS)
Zn	After therapy	Group A	30	171.273	61.448	6.355	58
		Group B	30	97.897	14.952			(HS)
Cu	After therapy	Group A	30	178.747	31.504	3.109	58	0.003
		Group B	30	159.444	12.792			(HS)
IL-1β	After therapy	Group A	30	3.450	0.486	-8.261	58
		Group B	30	4.534	0.529			(HS)
TNF-α	After therapy	Group A	30	7.374	0.652	-7.653	58
		Group B	30	8.483	0.453			(HS)

was considered as significant.