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Table 3 Detection of subgingival bacterial species in the Albania population

From: The subgingival cultivable bacteria of Albanian subjects with different periodontal status compared to a similar population of Spanish subjects: a case control study

  

Health/gingivititis

n = 25

Periodontitis I–II

n = 28

Periodontitis III–IV

n = 30

Differences among groups

Health/gingivitis versus periodontitis

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

p value

p value

Aggregatibacter actinomycemcomitans

Counts

0.19 (0.96)

0

0.46 (1.42)

0.208a

0.831c

 

Proportions

0.14 (0.74)

0

0.00 (0.01)

0.215a

0.851c

 

Frequencye

1 (4.0)

0 (0.0)

3 (10.0)

0.270b

1.000d

Porphyromonas gingivalis

Counts

2.98 (2.36)

4.42 (2.28)

4.68 (2.50)

0.005

0.002

 

Proportions

8.19 (18.49)

12.75 (17.34)

15.18 (23.08)

0.053

0.016

 

Frequency

17 (68.0)

23 (82.1)

24 (80.0)

0.314

0.195

Prevotella intermedia

Counts

1.99 (2.17)

3.30 (2.30)

3.84 (2.31)

0.005

0.002

 

Proportions

5.68 (18.31)

1.91 (4.40)

2.79 (7.48)

0.055

0.020

 

Frequency

13 (52.0)

20 (71.4)

23 (76.7)

0.057

0.048

Tannerella forsythia

Counts

0.68 (1.61)

1.73 (2.38)

1.05 (2.16)

0.168

0.155

 

Proportions

0.07 (0.26)

0.32 (0.46)

0.51 (1.58)

0.113

0.097

 

Frequency

3 (12.0)

10 (35.7)

6 (20.0)

0.553

0.121

Parvimonas micra

Counts

0.74 (1.74)

0

0.66 (1.73)

0.106

0.237

 

Proportions

0.30 (0.64)

0

0.33 (1.10)

0.062

0.094

 

Frequency

5 (20.0)

0 (0.0)

4 (13.3)

0.505

0.120

Fusobacterium nucleatum

Counts

3.83 (1.52)

4.17 (1.35)

4.11 (1.84)

0.114

0.053

 

Proportions

1.65 (2.00)

1.17 (1.46)

2.38 (4.18)

0.487

0.313

 

Frequency

23 (92.0)

26 (92.9)

26 (86.7)

0.489

1.000

Campylobacter rectus

Counts

0

0.27 (1.01)

0.16 (0.91)

0.393

0.250

 

Proportions

0

0.00 (0.03)

0.02 (0.14)

0.393

0.250

 

Frequency

0 (0.0)

2 (7.1)

1 (3.3)

0.555

0.550

Eikenella corrodens

Counts

0.55 (1.31)

1.41 (2.12)

2.16 (2.41)

0.020

0.014

 

Proportions

0.07 (0.17)

0.21 (0.51)

2.65 (12.75)

0.065

0.043

 

Frequency

4 (16.0)

9 (32.1)

14 (46.7)

0.016

0.035

Capnocytophaga spp.

Counts

0.32 (1.10)

0.12 (0.65)

0.94 (1.93)

0.091

0.550

 

Proportions

0.03 (0.11)

0.02 (0.10)

0.27 (0.93)

0.106

0.526

 

Frequency

2 (8.0)

1 (3.6)

6 (20.0)

0.135

0.717

Actinomyces odontolyticus

Counts

0.37 (1.30)

0

0

0.095

0.030

 

Proportions

0.63 (2.19)

0

0

0.096

0.030

 

Frequency

2 (8.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0.063

0.088

  1. n, sample size; SD, standard deviation
  2. aKruskal–Wallis test
  3. bChi-square with Bonferroni correction
  4. cMann–Whitney test
  5. dChi-square;
  6. eNumber and percentage of positive samples
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