Clinical Significance of IL-23 Regulating IL-17A and/or IL-17F Positive Th17 Cells in Chronic Periodontitis

Table 1

Demographic characteristics and clinical parameters in HC and CP groups.

	Age^a (years)	Gender^b		PD^a (mm)	AL^a (mm)	PI^a	GI^a
		Male	Female
HC group (mean SD)	38.5 10.2	12 (48%)	13 (52%)	1.7 0.9	0.1 0.1	0.2 0.3	0.5 0.4
CP group (mean SD)	42.4 11.0	15 (50%)	15 (50%)	4.5 1.5	1.4 0.9	1.1 0.5	1.2 0.6
value	NS	NS	NS	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

Student’s -test; ^bchi-square test.
HC group: healthy controls; CP group: chronic periodontitis; SD: standard deviation; PD: probing depth; AL: attachment loss; PI: plaque index; GI: gingival index; NS represents no statistically significant difference ( > 0.05).