Comparing dental plaque microbiome diversity of extrinsic black stain in the primary dentition using Illumina MiSeq sequencing technique

Table 2 Demographic and oral health information of EBS-positive and EBS-free subjects

Variables	Characteristics	BP (n = 10)	BFP (n = 10)	P value
Age (years)	Mean ± SD	4.34 ± 0.81	4.45 ± 0.83	0.767^a
Gender	Male	5	5	1.000^b
Gender	Female	5	5
Extrinsic black stain condition	EBS-positive		10	1.000^c
Extrinsic black stain condition	EBS-free	10

BP Plaque samples from EBS-positive subjects. BFP Plaque samples from EBS-free subjects
^a Independent sample non-parametric Mann-Whitney U test was used
^b Pearson Chi-Square test was used
^c Fisher’s Exact test was used

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