Proinflammatory Cytokine Expression in Apical Periodontitis from Diabetic Patients

Table 2

Comparison between proinflammatory cytokines in apical periodontitis lesions.

Cytokine	Expression	values
Diabetics
IL-1β	0.63 ± 0.50	0.0009
IL-17	1.20 ± 0.65
TNF-α	0.32 ± 0.15
Controls
IL-1β	0.61 ± 0.40
IL-17	0.70 ± 0.72	0.667
TNF-α	0.33 ± 0.12

The parameters were evaluated using the Kruskal–Wallis and Dunn’s multiple comparison nonparametric tests. Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.