Change of Scaling-Induced Proinflammatory Cytokine on the Clinical Efficacy of Periodontitis Treatment

Table 4

Correlation between baseline and stimulated salivary proinflammatory cytokines in patients with periodontitis.

Stimulated	Baseline
	IL-1	IL-1	IL-6	IL-8	TNF-	TNF-
	Correlation coefficients ( value)
IL-1	0.66	0.37	0.38	0.02	−0.4	−0.35
	(0.001)	(0.1)	(0.09)	(0.93)	(0.08)	(0.12)
IL-1	0.42	0.44	0.31	0.08	−0.36	−0.28
	(0.06)	(0.04)	(0.17)	(0.72)	(0.1)	(0.22)
IL-6	0.63	0.47	0.60	0.26	−0.48	−0.41
	(0.002)	(0.03)	(0.004)	(0.26)	(0.03)	(0.07)
IL-8	0.38	0.22	0.14	0.25	−0.30	−0.18
	(0.09)	(0.34)	(0.53)	(0.27)	(0.18)	(0.43)
TNF-	0.29	0.25	0.03	−0.001	−0.26	−0.12
	(0.21)	(0.28)	(0.90)	(1.00)	(0.26)	(0.61)
TNF-	−0.02	−0.24	−0.46	−0.14	0.27	0.32
	(0.92)	(0.29)	(0.03)	(0.54)	(0.24)	(0.16)

< 0.05.
< 0.01.