Table 4 Crude and Adjusted Ratio of mean levels of inflammatory mediators in women with overall periodontal disease and women with moderate or severe periodontal disease compared with women without periodontal disease
From: Salivary and serum inflammatory mediators among pre-conception women with periodontal disease
Inflammatory mediator | Women with overall periodontal disease versus without periodontal disease (mean ± SD) N = 533 | Women with moderate/severe periodontal disease versus without periodontal disease (mean ± SD) N = 338 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Crude ratio | Adjusted ratioa | P | Crude ratio | Adjusted ratioa | P | |
Saliva | ||||||
IL-1β (pg/ml) | 1.23 | 1.23 | <0.001 | 1.26 | 1.25 | <0.001 |
β-glucuronidase (U/L) | 1.09 | 1.10 | <0.001 | 1.13 | 1.13 | <0.001 |
TNF-α (pg/ml) | 1.36 | 1.36 | <0.001 | 1.39 | 1.40 | <0.001 |
IL-6 (pg/ml) | 1.21 | 1.21 | <0.001 | 1.25 | 1.25 | <0.001 |
Serum | ||||||
IL-1β (pg/ml) | 1.49 | 1.49 | <0.001 | 1.48 | 1.50 | 0.001 |
β-glucuronidase (U/L) | 1.13 | 1.12 | 0.048 | 1.15 | 1.15 | 0.025 |
TNF-α (pg/ml) | 1.54 | 1.53 | <0.001 | 1.62 | 1.62 | <0.001 |
IL-6 (pg/ml) | 1.17 | 1.18 | 0.039 | 1.16 | 1.17 | 0.077 |