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Table 5 Occurrence of EBV and P. gingivalis in the subgingival samples from HC, HI and PI patients

From: Prevalence of Epstein-Barr virus DNA and Porphyromonas gingivalis in Japanese peri-implantitis patients

 

Detection frequency

Significance

Infectious agents

HC

HI

PI

HC vs HI

HC vs PI

HI vs PI

 

(n=15)

(n=15)

(n=15)

(P value)

EBV

7 (46.7%)

9 (60.0%)

13 (86.7%)

0.3576246

0.0250875*

0.1073796

P. gingivalis

3 (20.0%)

4 (26.7 %)

14 (93.3%)

0.5

0.0000579**

0.0002420**

EBV+P. gingivalis

1 (6.7 %)

2 (13.3%)

12 (80.0%)

0.5

0.0000579**

0.0003395**

  1. *p<0.05, **p<0.01 statistically significant, healthy controls (HC), healthy implants (HI), peri-implantitis (PI)