Research Article

Comparison of Salivary TIMP-1 Levels in Periodontally Involved and Healthy Controls and the Response to Nonsurgical Periodontal Therapy

Table 2

Correlation of the mean gingival index scores, mean CAL scores, and mean OHI scores before and after nonsurgical periodontal therapy.

MeanSD

GI
 Pre271.510.1919.361<0.001
 Post270.750.21
CAL
 Pre275.080.4716.443<0.001
 Post274.240.40
OHI
 Pre273.000.5124.746<0.001
 Post270.390.23

denotes the no. of sample subjects, SD: standard deviation, t-student test and value-power of significance.