Sex Hormones Enhance Gingival Inflammation without Affecting IL-1β and TNF-α in Periodontally Healthy Women during Pregnancy

Table 4

IL-1β and TNF-α level in pregnant group and nonpregnant group ().

Group	IL-1β (ng/L)	TNF-α (ng/L)
Pr group ()
First trimester	11.192 ± 3.186	167.111 ± 68.733
Second trimester	11.033 ± 2.647	158.124 ± 46.857
Third trimester	11.368 ± 2.632	173.455 ± 52.738
N-Pr group ()
First month	8.031 ± 3.509	166.072 ± 39.098
Second month	7.972 ± 3.758	156.427 ± 51.091
	7.41	0.45
	<0.0001	0.7726

Pr group: pregnancy group; N-Pr group: nonpregnancy group; IL-1β: interleukin-1β; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor-α; Different letters represent significant difference.