TNF-α (μg/L) | n (teeth) | Baseline | 3 months | p (0–3) | 6 months | p (0–6) | p (3–6) |
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Moderately deep pockets (4 mm < PD < 6 mm) | |||||||
Con | 152 | 6.51 ± 1.29 | 4.73 ± 1.20 | < 0.001 | 4.60 ± 1.11 | < 0.001 | 0.683 |
Exp 1 | 209 | 6.40 ± 1.20 | 4.51 ± 1.22 | < 0.001 | 4.36 ± 0.91 | < 0.001 | 0.606 |
Exp 2 | 211 | 6.49 ± 1.29 | 4.43 ± 1.22 | < 0.001 | 3.84 ± 0.84 | < 0.001 | 0.037 |
p | 0.943 | 0.605 | 0.002** 0.035△ | ||||
Deep pockets (PD > 6 mm) | |||||||
Con | 221 | 7.12 ± 1.47 | 5.42 ± 1.15 | < 0.001 | 5.03 ± 0.99 | < 0.001 | 0.217 |
Exp 1 | 187 | 7.05 ± 1.43 | 5.22 ± 0.97 | < 0.001 | 4.64 ± 0.78 | < 0.001 | 0.044 |
Exp 2 | 213 | 7.22 ± 1.61 | 4.67 ± 1.09 | < 0.001 | 3.94 ± 0.79 | < 0.001 | 0.017 |
p | 0.908 | 0.007** | < 0.001** 0.002△ |