Periodontal Disease, Inflammatory Cytokines, and PGE<sub>2</sub> in Pregnant Patients at Risk of Preterm Delivery: A Pilot Study

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:13.95em"/><col style="width:10.81em"/><col style="width:3.37em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"><b>Periodontal diagnosis</b></td><td class="align_center"><b>Average PGE</b><sub><b>2</b></sub><b> (pg/ml)</b></td><td class="align_center"><b>SD</b></td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><b>Healthy (n = 2)</b></td><td class="align_center">76.31</td><td class="align_center">16.37</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><b>Gingivitis (n = 21)</b></td><td class="align_center">78.11</td><td class="align_center">23.76</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><b>Chronic Periodontitis (n = 23)</b></td><td class="align_center">90.92</td><td class="align_center">22.21</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>PGE<sub><i>2</i></sub> levels by periodontal diagnosis.</div>

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Periodontal Disease, Inflammatory Cytokines, and PGE2 in Pregnant Patients at Risk of Preterm Delivery: A Pilot Study

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Periodontal Disease, Inflammatory Cytokines, and PGE₂ in Pregnant Patients at Risk of Preterm Delivery: A Pilot Study