Age | Number of subjects | Clinical parametersa | PCR results | ||||||
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 | Boys | Girls | Total | PD [Mean ± SE (mm)] | PI [Mean ± SE] | GI [Mean ± SE] | BOP -positive (%) | Total number of 10 species [Mean ± SE] | Subjects positive for red-complex species (%) |
1-2 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 2.07 ± 0.14 | 1.61 ± 0.23 | 0.48 ± 0.13 | 10.3 | 0.38 ± 0.14b | 0 |
3 | 46 | 14 | 60 | 2.30 ± 0.09 | 1.78 ± 0.13 | 0.40 ± 0.09 | 8.3 | 1.28 ± 0.24 | 8.3 |
4 | 39 | 16 | 55 | 2.33 ± 0.08 | 1.49 ± 0.15 | 0.33 ± 0.07 | 3.6 | 0.78 ± 0.19c | 1.8 |
5-6 | 33 | 10 | 43 | 2.58 ± 0.10 | 1.56 ± 0.17 | 0.35 ± 0.09 | 9.3 | 1.98 ± 0.37b, c | 9.3 |
Total | 136 | 51 | 187 | 2.34 ± 0.05 | 1.62 ± 0.08 | 0.38 ± 0.05 | 7.5 | 1.16 ± 0.13 | 5.3 |