Blood Contamination in Saliva: Impact on the Measurement of Salivary Oxidative Stress Markers

Table 2

Comparison of clinical parameters between control and gingivitis patients.

Clinical parameter	Group		Unpaired -test	value	value summary
	Control	Gingivitis
	()	()
BOP (%)	18.52 ± 4.69	74.32 ± 13.00	12.9	<0.0001
SBI (score)	0.40 ± 0.12	1.72 ± 0.33	11.9	<0.0001
PI (score)	0.58 ± 0.15	1.14 ± 0.44	3.9	0.0010

BOP, bleeding on probing; SBI, sulcus bleeding index; PI, plaque index. Data are presented as mean ± SD.
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