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

Table 7

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

			-test	df	value	Sig.
Parameters	Control	Group A
		Group B
PI			11.833	58		(HS)
			20.092	58		(HS)
GI			24.573	58		(HS)
			33.779	58		(HS)
BOP			37.585	58		(HS)
			42.4	58		(HS)
PPD			11.146	58		(HS)
			12.015	58		(HS)
CAL			73.97	58		(HS)
			40.283	58		(HS)
Mg			-2.303	58		(S)
			-13.693	58		(HS)
Zn			6.879	58		(HS)
			1.532	58	0.131	(NS)
Cu			21.069	58		(HS)
			37.503	58		(HS)
IL-1β			3.009	58	0.004	(HS)
			12.184	58		(HS)
TNF-α			0.989	58	0.327	(NS)
			7.695	58		(HS)

was accepted as statistically significant.