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Table 5 Relationships between colony amounts of Candida species, age, and number of remaining teeth in carriers wearing dentures

From: Prevalence of Candida albicans and non-albicans on the tongue dorsa of elderly people living in a post-disaster area: a cross-sectional survey

 

C. albicans (n=93)

Non-albicans (n=59)

 

Log CFU

Number of remaining teeth

Age

Log CFU

Number of remaining teeth

Age

Log CFU

 

–0.40 (<0.01)

–0.18 (0.09)

 

–0.38 (<0.01)

0.10 (0.45)

Number of remaining teeth

–0.40 (<0.01)

 

–0.34 (<0.01)

–0.38 (<0.01)

 

–0.40 (<0.01)

Age

–0.18 (0.09)

–0.34 (<0.01)

 

0.10 (0.45)

–0.40 (<0.01)

 
  1. Value shows Spearman’s correlation coefficient (p-value)