Research Article
Scaling-Stimulated Salivary Antioxidant Changes and Oral-Health Behavior in an Evaluation of Periodontal Treatment Outcomes
Table 2
Comparison of superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity between oral-health behavior and attitude strata.
| SOD activity (U/g protein) | | Before scaling | After scaling | valuea | Median | Q1–Q3 | Median | Q1–Q3 |
| Dental visiting pattern | | | | | | | Irregular visits (≥1 year) | 8 | 83.09 | 51.04–100.15 | 194.30 | 101.64–274.85 | 0.02 | Regular visits (<1 year) | 22 | 75.44 | 49.22–208.86 | 98.79 | 60.44–246.38 | 0.81 | valueb | | 0.38 | | 0.31 | | | Tooth-brushing frequency | | | | | | | <2 times/day | 4 | 64.56 | 45.33–131.78 | 156.60 | 98.79–257.48 | 0.37 | ≥2 times/day | 26 | 85.04 | 50.28–149.48 | 124.90 | 60.44–264.87 | 0.46 | valueb | | 0.60 | | 0.56 | | | Oral-health attitudes score | | | | | | | <5 points | 11 | 67.10 | 46.53–79.89 | 115.94 | 66.21–214.81 | 0.10 | ≥5 points | 19 | 106.97 | 49.22–208.86 | 133.89 | 60.44–284.83 | 0.81 | valueb | | 0.14 | | 0.93 | | |
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Wilcoxon signed-rank test.
bMann-Whitney test.
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