Table 2

Full-mouth	Healthy (n = 147)			Gingivitis (n = 183)			Periodontitis (n = 150)			Difference		Pairwise Comparisons
Full-mouth	Mean (SD)	Median	Min - Max	Mean (SD)	Median	Min - Max	Mean (SD)	Median	Min - Max	KW	P	vs	P
PD	1.35 (0.19)	1.35	1 - 1.75	1.86 (0.25)	1.9	1.35 - 2.38	3.26 (0.7)	2.96	2.13 - 5	49.86	P < 0.001^a	1 vs 2	P < 0.05^a
												1 vs 3	P < 0.001^a
												2 vs 3	P < 0.001^a
CAL	1.35 (0.19)	1.35	1 - 1.75	1.89 (0.26)	1.92	1.35 - 2.5	4.12 (0.93)	4.06	2.8 - 5.69	49.86	P < 0.001^a	1 vs 2	P < 0.05^a
												1 vs 3	P < 0.001^a
												2 vs 3	P < 0.001^a
GI	0.16 (0.17)	0.09	0 - 0.53	1.2 (0.35)	1.24	0.45 - 2.01	1.57 (0.3)	1.56	1.02 - 2	43.14	P < 0.001^a	1 vs 2	P < 0.001^a
												1 vs 3	P < 0.001^a
												2 vs 3	P < 0.05^a
GBTI	0.14 (0.13)	0.14	0 - 0.53	2.33 (0.7)	2.51	0.6 - 3	2.69 (0.53)	3	1.21 - 3	42.51	P < 0.001^a	1 vs 2	P < 0.001^a
												1 vs 3	P < 0.001^a
												2 vs 3	P > 0.05
PI	0.1 (0.05)	0.11	0.01 - 0.2	0.92 (0.39)	0.87	0.28 - 1.99	1.19 (0.4)	1.18	0.49 - 1.98	41.48	P < 0.001^a	1 vs 2	P < 0.001^a
												1 vs 3	P < 0.001^a
												2 vs 3	P > 0.05
Saliva nitrite level (µM)	8.67 (8.68)	5.5	0.27 - 33.14	5.56 (4.53)	4.12	0.91 - 16.64	5.55 (5.39)	4.12	0 - 18.28	1.34	P > 0.05	1 vs 2	N/A
												1 vs 3
												2 vs 3
Saliva nitrate level (µM)	20.65 (12.2)	21.68	0 - 38.07	18.5 (16.7)	9.23	0 - 46.49	16.19 (15.49)	15.98	0 - 46.49	1.178	P > 0.05	1 vs 2	N/A
												1 vs 3
												2 vs 3

^aStatistically significant, Dunn test.
SD = standard deviation; N/A = not available; KW = Kruskal-Wallis test.

Copyright © Topcu AO, Akalin FA, Sahbazoglu KB, Yamalik N, Kilinc K, Karabulut E, Tözüm TF.
J Oral Maxillofac Res 2014 (Apr-Jun);5(2):e5. doi:10.5037/jomr.2014.5205