Table 4 Pearson’s bivariate correlation between candida carriage colony forming units and various continuous variables
Candida (r) | Age (r) | Plaque index (r) | DMFS (r) | Pocket depth (r) | Mobility (r) | Bleeding on probing (r) | Recession (r) | Furcation involvement (r) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 0.200* | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Plaque index | − 0.015 | 0.220** | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
DMFS | 0.202* | 0.476** | 0.162* | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Pocket depth | 0.106 | 0.396** | 0.132 | 0.176 | – | – | – | – | – |
Mobility | − 0.012 | 0.364** | 0.254** | 0.243** | 0.325** | – | – | – | – |
Bleeding on probing | − 0.154 | 0.004 | 0.117 | − 0.069 | 0.364** | 0.220* | – | – | – |
Recession | 0.202* | 0.595** | 0.197* | 0.246** | 0.492** | 0.571** | 0.094 | – | – |
Furcation involvement | 0.130 | 0.233* | 0.250** | 0.122 | 0.164 | 0.592** | 0.186* | 0.261** | – |
Clinical attachment loss | 0.134 | 0.289** | 0.141 | 0.120 | 0.833** | 0.568** | 0.250** | 0.799** | 0.314** |