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From: Effect of nonsurgical periodontal therapy on salivary visfatin and serum lipid levels in obese patients with chronic periodontitis

Table 3

Comparison of mean gingival index (GI) scores, mean probing depth (PD) scores, and mean clinical attachment level (CAL) scores between the obese and non-obese groups at baseline and 6 weeks

Parameter	Time	Group	N	Mean	SD	SEM	t-value	p-value
GI	Baseline	Obese	20	1.86	0.55	0.12	0.34	0.73
	Baseline	Non-obese	20	1.80	0.44	0.09	0.34	0.73
	6 weeks	Obese	20	1.03	0.23	0.05	2.01	0.06
	6 weeks	Non-obese	20	0.83	0.30	0.06	2.01	0.06
PD	Baseline	Obese	20	5.48	0.47	0.10	0.62	0.53
	Baseline	Non-obese	20	5.33	0.89	0.20	0.62	0.53
	6 weeks	Obese	20	4.32	0.25	0.05	0.39	0.69
	6 weeks	Non-obese	20	4.25	0.77	0.17	0.39	0.69
CAL	Baseline	Obese	20	6.17	0.89	0.20	0.24	0.80
	Baseline	Non-obese	20	6.09	1.19	0.26	0.24	0.80
	6 weeks	Obese	20	5.10	0.94	0.21	–0.03	0.97
	6 weeks	Non-obese	20	5.11	0.88	0.19	–0.03	0.97

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Independent samples t-test; p < 0.05 considered statistically significant