Table 5 Spearman correlation between salivary inflammatory biomarkers and serum glycated haemoglobin in type 2 diabetics
|  | Serum HbA1c | Salivary TNFα | Salivary IL-6 | Salivary CRP | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Salivary CRP r-value | 0.4929* | 0.0946 | 0.1471 | 1 |  < 0.0001 |
Salivary IL-6 r-value | 0.1908 | 0.0546 | 1 | 0.1471 | 0.1011 |
Salivary TNFα r-value | 0.0041 | 1 | 0.0546 | 0.0946 | 0.9724 |
Serum HbA1C r-value | 1 | 0.0041 | 0.1908 | 0.4929* | Â |