Antioxidant Effects of Curcumin Gel in Experimental Induced Diabetes and Periodontitis in Rats

Table 7

The comparison between body weight in control and different groups using Dunnett t test and comparison between untreated EDP and three treated groups using Tukey HSD test, with one-way ANOVA to compare among different groups.

Variable		0 day		7 days		14 days		21 days
		BW (gr)	C		0.17		0.003		≤0.001		≤0.001
EDP
C			0.13		0.004		≤0.001		≤0.001
SCU
C			0.12		0.03		≤0.001		≤0.001
CU
C			0.12		0.04		≤0.001		≤0.001
SRP
value		0.167 †		0.005†		≤0.001†		≤0.001†
BW (gr)	EDP		0.99		0.99		0.99		0.78
	SCU
	EDP		0.99		0.71		0.99		0.36
	CU
	EDP		0.99		0.65		0.98		0.05
	SRP
	SCU		1		0.79		1		0.87
	CU
	SCU		1		0.73		0.99		0.26
	SRP
	CU		1		1		1		0.65
	SRP
value		0.998 †		0.546 †		0.989 †		0.067 †

BW: body weight; C: control; EPD: untreated experimental diabetes and periodontitis; SCU: scaling and curcumin; CU: curcumin; SRP: scaling and root planing; †one-way ANOVA; : probability <0.05 is significant; is nonsignificant; is highly significant.