Research Article
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 3
Correlations between the levels of visfatin, tumor necrosis factor-α, and interleukin-6 in gingival crevicular fluid and probing depth, clinical attachment level, and bone density.
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r, Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient; CAL, clinical attachment level; PD, probing depth; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α; IL-6, interleukin-6. is statistically significant. |