The Candida species that are important for the development of atrophic glossitis in xerostomia patients

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Table 6 Predictors of atrophic glossitis -Multivariate logistic regression analysis-

	Coefficient	P-value	Odds ratio	95% CI
	Coefficient	P-value	Odds ratio	Lower	Upper
Age	0.029	0.135	1.029	0.991	1.069
Gender	0.804	0.196	2.234	0.661	7.549
C. albicans (CFU)	0.004	0.004	1.004	1.001	1.007
C. glabrata (CFU)	−0.001	0.366	0.999	0.996	1.001
C. tropicalis (CFU)	0.015	0.353	1.015	0.983	1.048
C. krusei (CFU)	−0.055	0.581	0.946	0.778	1.151
RSFR (mL/15 min)	0.045	0.675	1.047	0.846	1.295
SSFR (mL/10 min)	−0.085	0.048	0.919	0.845	0.999
Denture	0.364	0.389	1.439	0.629	3.294
Constant	−3.752	0.010	0.023

RSFR resting whole salivary flow rate, SSFR stimulated whole salivary flow rate
Gender; female: 1, male: 0, Denture; denture wearing: 1, no dentures: 0

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