Table 4 Comparison of total anaerobic counts (log-transformed) among periodontal status groups and between countries

55

6.00 (0.58)

− 0.65*

− 0.91

− 0.40

< 0.001

58

6.66 (0.49)

− 0.11^†

− 0.35

0.13

0.845

60

6.77 (0.58)

− 0.77^‡

− 1.02

− 0.51

 < 0.001

90

6.38 (0.69)

− 0.22^§

− 0.41

− 0.03

0.022

83

6.61 (0.57)

30

5.77 (0.60)

− 0.52^§

− 0.80

− 0.23

0.001

25

6.29 (0.43)

30

6.66 (0.45)

− 0.00^§

− 0.25

0.26

0.979

28

6.66 (0.54)

30

6.72 (0.56)

− 0.10^§

− 0.41

0.19

0.474

30

6.83 (0.60)