Effects of Systemic Simvastatin on the Concentrations of Visfatin, Tumor Necrosis Factor-α, and Interleukin-6 in Gingival Crevicular Fluid in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Periodontitis

Table 2

Comparison of groups by probing depth, clinical attachment level, and bone density.

	Group I	Group II	Group III	Group IV	One-way ANOVA test		Post hoc analysis
						value	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	P6
CAL	0 ± 0	5.5 ± 0.52	5.3 ± 0.95	3.9 ± 0.87	134.919	0.001	0.001	0.000	0.000	0.567	0.000	0.003
PD	2.6 ± 0.38	6.5 ± 0.5	5.7 ± 1.76	5.6 ± 0.84	28.016	0.001	0.000	0.001	0.000	0.184	0.009	0.873
Bone density	167 ± 22.8	121.47 ± 22.51	131.67 ± 22.93	150.64 ± 22.5	7.940	0.001	0.001	0.003	0.124	0.329	0.010	0.078

CAL, clinical attachment level; PD, probing depth. The data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. is statistically significant. P1: comparison between groups 1 and 2; P2: comparison between groups 1 and 3; P3: comparison between groups 1 and 4; P4: comparison between groups 2 and 3; P5: comparison between groups 2 and 4; P6: comparison between groups 3 and 4.