Correlation Analysis of miR-1246 Expression in Saliva of Patients with Chronic Periodontitis and Periodontal Indexes, Inflammatory Cytokines, and Protease Molecules

Table 4

Comparison of salivary levels of inflammatory cytokines between the two groups.

Groups	n	IL-1β (pg/ML)	IL-6 (pg/ML)	IL-17 (pg/ML)	TNF-α (pg/ML)
Health control group	35	1.89 ± 0.37	3.01 ± 0.59	7.64 ± 0.91	0.93 ± 0.12
Chronic periodontitis group	35	3.45 ± 0.63	5.76 ± 0.82	12.52 ± 3.01	2.38 ± 0.51
t		12.753	16.842	10.486	16.771
P		≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001