IL-17 and IL-11 GCF Levels in Aggressive and Chronic Periodontitis Patients: Relation to PCR Bacterial Detection

Table 3

The gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) total amount (pg) and concentrations (pg/μL) of the cytokines IL-11 and IL-17 (mean ± SD (minimum−maximum)) and GCF volume (μL).

Groups				P value from Kruskall-Wallis test
	GCP	GAgP	C
IL-11 (pg)	53.1 ± 20.9 (29–112)	56.5 ± 20.1 (16–80)	49.9 ± 28.8 (14–87)	0.309
IL-11 (pg/μL)	52.1 ± 29.2 (22–115)^*#	40.5 ± 19.5 (31–102)^*#	106.5 ± 41.5 (56–177)	<0.001
IL-17 (pg)	37.4 ± 8.8 (27–58)^#	56.4 ± 23.7 (28–104)*	30.5 ± 3.8 (26–38)	<0.001
IL-17 (pg/μL)	57.4 ± 34 (23–164)^*#	42.2 ± 10.5 (28–67)^*#	84.1 ± 34.9 (42–148)	<0.001
GCF (μL)	1.0 ± 0.2 (0.9–1.3)*	1.3 ± 0.2 (0.5–1.5)*	0.4 ± 0.3 (0.2–0.6)	<0.001

GCP: generalized chronic periodontitis; GAgP: generalized aggressive periodontitis; C: control.
*Statistically significantly different from the C group.
^#Statistically significantly different from the GAgP group.