Table 3 Correlations between BOMP and oPMN parameters stratified according to gender

From: Oral polymorphonuclear neutrophil characteristics in relation to oral health: a cross-sectional, observational clinical study

 

BOMP

 

Total (n=268)

Males (n=150)

Females (n=118)

oPMN parameters

r

P-value*

r

P-value*

r

P-value*

Counts

0.163

0.008

0.215

0.008

0.009

0.922

Cell cycle analysis

 Non-apoptotic

−0.018

0.768

0.002

0.979

−0.049

0.599

 Early apoptosis

0.007

0.909

−0.027

0.743

0.067

0.470

 Late apoptosis

0.012

0.841

0.005

0.952

0.025

0.786

Cell activation

 CD11b

0.117

0.056

0.110

0.181

0.149

0.107

 CD63

0.003

0.963

−0.012

0.886

0.043

0.641

 CD66b

0.015

0.811

0.047

0.567

−0.007

0.943

Total ROS

 Unstimulated

0.142

0.020

0.179

0.028

−0.018

0.845

 F. nucleatum

0.131

0.032

0.142

0.082

0.075

0.420

Extracellular ROS

 Unstimulated

−0.065

0.288

−0.097

0.236

−0.009

0.922

 F. nucleatum

0.066

0.279

0.075

0.359

0.030

0.746

  1. BOMP, bleeding on marginal probing; oPMN, oral polymorphonuclear neutrophils; ROS, reactive oxygen species.
  2. *Pearson’s correlations, P-values ≤0.007 were considered statistically significant.
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