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 6 Counts, proportions and frequencies of detection of target species by country, in stages I–II periodontitis

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

	Periodontitis stages I–II
	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	1.000	30	0	0	1.000	0 (0.0)	1.000
	Albania	28	0	0		28	0	0		0 (0.0)
Porphyromonas gingivalis	Spain	30	5.17 (1.31)	5.22 (1.02)	0.431	30	15.96 (19.24)	7.53 (18.83)	0.171	29 (96.7)	0.097
	Albania	28	4.42 (2.28)	5.03 (2.03)		28	12.75 (17.34)	2.02 (21.52)		23 (82.1)
Prevotella intermedia	Spain	30	4.03 (1.61)	4.32 (1.70)	0.532	30	1.98 (3.70)	0.83 (1.49)	0.190	27 (90.0)	0.071
	Albania	28	3.30 (2.30)	4.00 (5.36)		28	1.91 (4.40)	0.26 (1.52)		20 (71.4)
Tannerella forsythia	Spain	30	1.58 (2.28)	0.00 (4.38)	0.748	30	0.31 (0.54)	0.00 (0.67)	0.826	10 (33.3)	0.849
	Albania	28	1.73 (2.38)	0.00 (4.78)		28	0.32 (0.46)	0.00 (0.68)		10 (35.7)
Parvimonas micra	Spain	30	0.17 (0.93)	0.00 (0.00)	0.334	30	0.48 (2.64)	0.00 (0.00)	0.334	1 (3.3)	1.000
	Albania	28	0	0		28	0	0		0 (0.0)
Fusobacterium nucleatum	Spain	30	4.16 (1.96)	4.84 (1.16)	0.233	30	2.93 (3.35)	2.16 (3.61)	0.034	25 (83.3)	0.425
	Albania	28	4.17 (1.35)	4.65 (1.43)		28	1.17 (1.46)	0.53 (1.57)		26 (92.9)
Campylobacter rectus	Spain	30	0.50 (1.55)	0.00 (0.00)	0.632	30	0.94 (4.54)	0.00 (0.00)	0.655	3 (10.0)	1.000
	Albania	28	0.27 (1.01)	0.00 (0.00)		28	0.00 (0.03)	0.00 (0.00)		2 (7.1)
Eikenella corrodens	Spain	30	0.99 (1.85)	0.00 (0.83)	0.429	30	0.20 (0.55)	0.00 (0.00)	0.508	7 (23.3)	0.453
	Albania	28	1.41 (2.12)	0.00 (3.83)		28	0.21 (0.51)	0.00 (0.29)		9 (32.1)
Capnocytophaga spp.	Spain	30	0.75 (1.74)	0.00 (0.00)	0.090	30	0.12 (0.36)	0.00 (0.00)	0.102	5 (16.7)	0.196
	Albania	28	0.12 (0.65)	0.00 (0.00)		28	0.02 (0.10)	0.00 (0.00)		1 (3.6)
Actinomyces odontolyticus	Spain	30	0.12 (0.67)	0.00 (0.00)	0.334	30	0.00 (0.00)	0.00 (0.00)	0.334	1 (3.3)	1.000
	Albania	28	0	0		28	0	0		0 (0.0)

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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