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

Tafaj, Gerila; Iniesta, Margarita; Sanz, Mariano; Herrera, David

doi:10.1186/s12903-022-02121-5

Table 5 Counts, proportions and frequencies of detection of target species by country, in periodontal health/gingivitis subjects

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

	Periodontal health/gingivitis
	Country	Counts^a				Proportions^a				Frequency^b
	Country	n	Mean^c (SD)	Median (IQR)	p value	n	Mean (SD)	Median (IQR)	p value	n (%)	p value
Aggregatibacter actinomycemcomitans	Spain	30	0	0	0.273	30	0	0	0.273	0 (0.0)	0.455
	Albania	25	0.19 (0.96)	0.00 (0.00)		25	0.14 (0.74)	0.00 (0.00)		1 (4.0)
Porphyromonas gingivalis	Spain	30	2.25 (2.39)	1.55 (4.13)	0.276	30	6.74 (14.35)	0.14 (3.87)	0.574	15 (50.0)	0.178
	Albania	25	2.98 (2.36)	3.77 (4.54)		25	8.19 (18.49)	0.12 (4.06)		17 (68.0)
Prevotella intermedia	Spain	30	1.95 (2.12)	1.23 (3.79)	0.943	30	2.80 (8.97)	0.03 (0.57)	0.760	15 (50.0)	0.883
	Albania	25	1.99 (2.17)	2.00 (3.87)		25	5.68 (18.31)	0.00 (0.31)		13 (52. 0)
Tannerella forsythia	Spain	30	0.72 (1.65)	0.00 (0.00)	0.906	30	0.48 (2.10)	0.00 (0.00)	0.563	5 (16.7)	0.715
	Albania	25	0.68 (1.61)	0.00 (0.00)		25	0.07 (0.26)	0.00 (0.00)		3 (12.0)
Parvimonas micra	Spain	30	0.45 (1.40)	0.00 (0.00)	0.511	30	1.44 (6.91)	0.00 (0.00)	0.393	3 (10.0)	0.446
	Albania	25	0.74 (1.74)	0.00 (0.00)		25	0.30 (0.64)	0.00 (0.00)		5 (20.0)
Fusobacterium nucleatum	Spain	30	3.76 (1.41)	4.11 (1.00)	0.584	30	4.55 (5.57)	2.60 (5.22)	0.022	27 (90.0)	1.000
	Albania	25	3.83 (1.52)	4.30 (1.05)		25	1.65 (2.00)	1.09 (1.70)		23 (92.0)
Campylobacter rectus	Spain	30	0.38 (1.17)	0.00 (0.00)	0.107	30	0.13 (0.52)	0.00 (0.00)	0.107	3 (10.0)	0.242
	Albania	25	0	0		25	0	0		0 (0.0)
Eikenella corrodens	Spain	30	0.67 (1.39)	0.00 (0.00)	0.753	30	0.05 (0.14)	0.00 (0.00)	0.821	6 (20.0)	0.741
	Albania	25	0.55 (1.31)	0.00 (0.00)		25	0.07 (0.17)	0.00 (0.00)		4 (16.0)
Capnocytophaga spp.	Spain	30	0.76 (1.56)	0.00 (0.00)	0.215	30	0.35 (1.06)	0.00 (0.00)	0.164	6 (20.0)	0.269
	Albania	25	0.32 (1.10)	0.00 (0.00)		25	0.03 (0.11)	0.00 (0.00)		2 (8.0)
Actinomyces odontolyticus	Spain	30	0	0	0.118	30	0	0	0.118	0 (0.0)	0.202
	Albania	25	0.37 (1.30)	0.00 (0.00)		25	0.63 (2.19)	0.00 (0.00)		2 (8.0)

n, sample size; SD, standard deviation; IQR, interquartile range; n (%), number and percentage of positive samples
^aMann–Whitney test
^bChi-square test
^cMean of log-transformed counts

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