Table 1

	Healthy	Gingivitis	Periodontitis	Test statistics	P	Pairwise comparisons
	Healthy	Gingivitis	Periodontitis	Test statistics	P	vs	P
Gender (male - female)	10 - 10	8 - 12	9 - 11	χ² = 0.4	0.817	-	-
Smokers (n)	4	3	8	χ² = 6.43	0.106	-	-
Age Mean (SD) (years)	29.9 (2.17)	33.9 (8.38)	42.65 (8.04)	KW = 31.68	0.001	1 vs 2	P < 0.05^a
						1 vs 3	P < 0.001^a
						2 vs 3	P < 0.05^a
Teeth count Mean (SD) (n)	27.9 (0.3)	26.95 (1.35)	26.35 (1.98)	KW = 12.24	0.002	1 vs 2	P < 0.05^a
						1 vs 3	P < 0.05^a
						2 vs 3	P > 0.05

^aStatistically significant, Dunn test.
SD = standard deviation.