Research Article

Associations of Salivary BPIFA1 Protein in Chronic Periodontitis Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 3

Periodontal parameters of various severities of periodontitis with or without T2DM.

NDMT2DM value
No periodontitis (G1)Mild periodontitis (G2)Moderate periodontitis (G3)Severe periodontitis (G4)No periodontitis (G5)Mild periodontitis (G6)Moderate periodontitis (G7)Severe periodontitis (G8)

PPD (median (IQR))2.00 (2.00–2.00)2.57 (2.57–2.57)2.57 (2.61–2.39)2.79 (3.21–2.00)2.00 (2.00–2.00)2.57 (2.57–2.57)2.11 (2.36–2.00)2.50 (2.79–2.21)b
a
a

CAL (median (IQR))0.00 (0.00–0.00)0.75 (1.07–0.75)1.07 (1.21–0.71)1.79 (2.14–1.54)0.00 (0.00–0.00)0.75 (1.07–0.75)0.71 (1.46–0.57)1.41 (1.79–0.93)b
a
a

BI (median (IQR))0.00 (0.00–0.00)0.79 (0.79–0.79)1.43 (1.68–1.36)1.96 (2.29–1.82)0.00 (0.15–0.00)0.79 (0.95–0.79)1.47 (2.36–1.29)1.50 (2.04–1.29)b
a
a

PLI (median (IQR))0.86 (0.86–0.86)2.04 (2.04–2.04)2.29 (2.29–2.29)2.75 (2.75–2.75)0.86 (2.00–0.86)2.04 (2.04–2.04)2.29 (2.32–2.04)2.75 (2.75–1.33)b
a
a

T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus; NDM: nondiabetes mellitus; PPD: probing pocket depth; CAL: clinical attachment loss; PLI: plaque index; BI: bleeding index; IQR: interquartile range. P1: T2DM versus NDM; P2: within NDM group comparison; P3: within T2DM group comparison. aKruskal-Wallis between T2DM and NDM group; bMann–Whitney comparison of T2DM or NDM group.