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

Table 6

Intergroup comparison of healthy control with chronic periodontitis A and B groups at baseline before therapy using unpaired -test.

			-test	df	value	Sig.
Parameters	Control	Group A
		Group B
PI			57.161	58		(HS)
			81.458	58		(HS)
GI			69.13	58		(HS)
			52.945	58		(HS)
BOP			78.425	58		(HS)
			59.108	58		(HS)
PPD			18.813	58		(HS)
			20.322	58		(HS)
CAL			61.331	58		(HS)
			43.978	58		(HS)
Zn			5.745	58	0.050	(S)
			2.002	58		(HS)
Mg			-15.119	58		(HS)
			-16.268	58		(HS)
Cu			24.164	58		(HS)
			20.516	58		(HS)
IL-1β			14.909	58		(HS)
			14.304	58		(HS)
TNF-α			17.205	58		(HS)
			16.944	58		(HS)

was considered as significant.