Table 2 Comparison of clinical periodontal parameters and salivary cortisol levels between two groups
Variables | Group-A | Group-B | Mean difference | SD error difference | ‘t’ value | ‘p’ value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Min | Max | Mean | SD | Min | Max | Mean | SD | |||||
GI | 0.50 | 3.00 | 2.467 | 0.528 | 0.000 | 2.000 | 0.355 | 0.561 | 2.11 | 0.172 | 12.236 | 0.000 |
PI | 0.50 | 3.00 | 2.402 | 0.526 | 0.000 | 2.000 | 0.475 | 0.678 | 1.927 | 0.192 | 10.039 | 0.000 |
PD (mm) | 1.250 | 4.870 | 2.854 | 0.865 | 1.00 | 4.200 | 1.493 | 0.744 | 1.3610 | 0.2552 | 5.330 | 0.000 |
CAL (mm) | 0.000 | 14.500 | 1.726 | 3.096 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.108 | 0.254 | 1.6189 | 0.6947 | 2.330 | 0.025 |
Cortisol levels | 0.000 | 0.257 | 0.190 | 0.059 | 0.168 | 1.009 | 0.590 | 0.228 | − 0.400 | 0.052 | − 7.595 | 0.000 |