From: Salivary TNFα levels in groups of subjects with rheumatoid arthritis and chronic periodontitis
RA | Chronic periodontitis | Control | p value | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
PI | 0.91 | 0.32 | 1.62 | 0.27 | 0.23 | 0.26 | 0.001 |
GI | 0.99 | 0.17 | 1.52 | 0.33 | 0.26 | 0.32 | 0.001 |
PDD | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.16 | 0.41 | 0 | 0 | 0.001 |
CAL | 0.51 | 0.57 | 0.86 | 0.77 | 0 | 0 | 0.001 |