Elevated antibody to D-alanyl lipoteichoic acid indicates caries experience associated with fluoride and gingival health

Table 3 Fraction of high antibody responders in or not in the clinical study.

Subject group	Number	% high responders
Dental students in clinical study^a	87	37.9
Patients in clinical study^a	64	32.8
Same-age subjects not in clinical study	129	31.8
Other subjects not in clinical study^c	117	39.7
All subjects	397	33.8

^aSee first section of Materials & Methods. ^bSame-age subjects not in the clinical study were 12.4% dental students, 17.1% patients and 70.5% volunteers. ^cOther subjects were a mixture of patients and volunteers: 70.9% older (ages >38 and <72 years), 15.4% younger (ages >15 and <22 years), and the remainder age unknown.