Associations of streptococci and fungi amounts in the oral cavity with nutritional and oral health status in institutionalized elders: a cross sectional study

Table 3 Correlations among microbial amounts, and nutritional and oral conditions

	Total bacterial amount	Streptococc-al amount	Fungal amount	BMI	Eating independence^b	TCI	Mucus score	OHAT score
Total bacterial amount	1.00	0.593^a	− 0.205	− 0.104^a	0.150	0.346	− 0.011	0.073
		< 0.001	0.199	0.516	0.348	0.029	0.949	0.651
Streptococcal amount	0.593^a	1.00	− 0.141	0.420^a	− 0.290	− 0.053	0.075	− 0.171
	< 0.001		0.379	0.006	0.066	0.746	0.654	0.286
Fungal amount	− 0.205	− 0.141	1.00	− 0.055	0.228	− 0.331	− 0.383	0.287
	0.199	0.379		0.732	0.152	0.037	0.018	0.068
BMI	− 0.104^a	0.420^a	− 0.055	1.00	− 0.269	− 0.244	0.017	− 0.184
	0.516	0.006	0.732		0.089	0.130	0.921	0.250
Eating independence	0.150	− 0.290	0.228	− 0.269	1.00	0.169	− 0.157	0.565
	0.348	0.066	0.152	0.089		0.297	0.346	− < 0.001
TCI	0.346	− 0.053	− 0.331	− 0.244	0.169	1.00	0.091	0.010
	0.029	0.746	0.037	0.130	0.297		0.585	0.952
Mucus score	− 0.011	0.075	− 0.383	0.017	− 0.157	0.091	1.00	− 0.191
	0.949	0.654	0.018	0.921	0.346	0.585		0.250
OHAT score	0.073	− 0.171	0.287	− 0.184	0.565	0.010	− 0.191	1.00
	0.651	0.286	0.068	0.250	< 0.001	0.952	0.250

Values significantly related with amount of microorganisms and OHAT are shown
Upper value shows correlation coefficient and lower value p value
^aPearson’s correlation coefficient. The other correlation coefficient was determined as Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient
^bDegree of eating independence was scored as follows: 1, independent; 2, partial assistance needed; 3, full assistance needed

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