Research Article

Interleukin-17A Gene Variability in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Periodontitis: Its Correlation with IL-17 Levels and the Occurrence of Periodontopathic Bacteria

Table 5

The presence of bacteria in correlation with IL-17A −197A/G (rs2275913) polymorphism in patients with CP and T1DM + CP#.

IL-17A −197CP CP T1DM + CP
(%) (%) (%)

Genotype and alleleT.f. negT.f. posP.i. negP.i. posT.d. negT.d. pos

AA0 (0.0)24 (15.1) 0.026 (8.0)18 (16.8)0.073 (25.0)3 (11.5)0.14
AG9 (39.1)63 (39.6)0.3331 (41.3)41 (38.3)0.516 (50.0)8 (30.8)0.11
GG14 (60.9)72 (45.3)38 (50.7)48 (44.9)3 (25.0)15 (57.7)

AA + AG
versus GG
9 versus 14
(39.1 versus 60.9)
87 versus 72
(54.7 versus 45.3)
0.1237 versus 38
(49.3 versus 50.7)
59 versus 48
(55.1 versus 44.9)
0.279 versus 3
(75.0 versus 25.0)
11 versus 15
(42.3 versus 57.7)
0.06

A9 (19.6)111 (34.9)43 (28.7)77 (36.0)12 (50.0)14 (26.9)

G37 (80.4)207 (65.1)0.03107 (71.3)137 (64.0)0.0912 (50.0)38 (73.1)0.04

IL-17A −197CP nonsmokers CP nonsmokersT1DM + CP nonsmokers
(%) (%) (%)

Genotype and alleleT.f. negT.f. posP.i. negP.i. posT.d. negT.d. pos

AA0 (0.0)20 (17.5)0.064 (7.4)16 (20.8)0.042 (25.0)3 (13.6)0.27

AG8 (47.1)44 (38.6)0.5923 (42.6)29 (37.7)0.514 (50.0)7 (31.8)0.21

GG9 (52.9)50 (43.9)27 (50.0)32 (41.6)2 (25.0)12 (54.5)

AA + AG
versus GG
8 versus 9
(47.1 versus 52.9)
64 versus 50
(56.1 versus 43.9)
0.3327 versus 27
(50.0 versus 50.0)
45 versus 32
(58.5 versus 41.6)
0.226 versus 2
(75.0 versus 25.0)
10 versus 12
(45.4 versus 54.5)
0.15

A8 (23.5)84 (36.8)31 (28.7)61 (39.6)8 (50.0)13 (29.5)

G26 (76.5)144 (63.2)0.0977 (71.3)93 (60.4)0.058 (50.0)31 (70.5)0.12

CP = chronic periodontitis, = number of subjects, neg = negative, pos = positive, T1DM = type 1 diabetes mellitus, P.i. = Prevotella intermedia, T.d. = Treponema denticola, T.f. = Tannerella forsythia, and value < 0.05.
#Of the seven periodontal pathogens analyzed, only those with significant differences are shown.