Research Article

Antimicrobial Effect of Platelet-Rich Plasma against Porphyromonas gingivalis

Table 1

Platelet count in whole blood and in PRP of participants (×106 platelets/mL).

Platelets countWhole bloodPRP

H 1266.2 ± 4.11102.4 ± 6.5
H 2302.6 ± 3.31057.4 ± 41.6
H 3296.4 ± 7.51000.6 ± 12.4
H 4217.2 ± 1.7574.6 ± 20.5
P 1249.6 ± 3.4773.6 ± 3.1
P 2235 ± 3.71187 ± 4.2
P 3280.2 ± 2.8896.6 ± 4.1
P 4179.4 ± 1.7836.4 ± 5.8
value > 0.05 value > 0.05

indicates no statistical significant difference between two groups (in same column) using the Wilcoxon nonparametric test, H: healthy volunteers, and P: patients with chronic periodontitis.