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Table 4 Periodontal pathogens with significant association with smoking

From: Effect of smoking on subgingival microflora of patients with periodontitis in Japan

Species

Odds Ratio (95% CI)*

P-value

A. actinomycetemcomitans

0.4591 (0.26 - 0.80)

0.005

C. rectus

1.6875 (1.01 - 2.81)

0.043

  1. * 95% confidence interval, chi-square test