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Table 4 Relationship of Salivary and serum suPAR with different clinical parameters of cases

From: Detection of soluble urokinase type plasminogen activator receptors in children with gingivitis and normal subjects

Parameter

Mean ± SD

P value*

Salivary suPAR (ng/ml)

Sex

0.191

 Male

11.2 ± 2.8

 

 Female

10.3 ± 3.0

 

Gingival index

 < 0.001 ^

 Mild (n = 25)

7.7 ± 1.5

 

 Moderate (n = 25)

10.9 ± 1.2

 

 Severe (n = 20)

14.4 ± 0.9

 

SOHI

 < 0.001 ^

 Good (n = 47)

9.2 ± 2.2

 

 Fair (n = 20)

13.6 ± 1.1

 

 Bad (n = 3)

16.0 ± 0.3

 

Serum suPAR (ng/ml)

Sex

0.213

 Male

2.2 ± 0.7

 

 Female

2.4 ± 0.6

 

Gingival index

0.624

 Mild

2.3 ± 0.6

 

 Moderate

2.4 ± 0.7

 

 Severe

2.3 ± 0.8

 

SOHI

0.355

 Good

2.4 ± 0.6

 

 Fair

2.1 ± 0.8

 

 Bad

2.3 ± 1.1

 
  1. Data presented as mean ± SD
  2. *Student's T-test was used
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