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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants

From: The oral fungal mycobiome: characteristics and relation to periodontitis in a pilot study

 

Periodontal disease (n = 15)

Oral health (n = 15)

P-valuea

Male, n (%)

7 (46.7)

7 (46.7)

1.00

Age, mean ± SD (range)

68.4 ± 8.9 (49–80)

65.6 ± 6.5 (51–71)

0.34

BMI category,b n (%)

  

0.33c

 Under- or normal-weight

7 (46.7)

11 (73.3)

 

 Overweight

6 (40.0)

4 (26.7)

 

 Obese

1 (6.7)

0 (0.0)

 

 Missing

1 (6.7)

0 (0.0)

 

Years since quitting smoking, mean ± SD (range)

31.4 ± 8.8 (16–49)

33.1 ± 10.8 (11–46)

0.49

Floss frequency, n (%)

  

0.15c

 None

0 (0.0)

4 (26.7)

 

 1–4 times per week

7 (46.7)

5 (33.3)

 

 5–7 times per week

5 (33.3)

2 (13.3)

 

 ≥ 8 times per week

3 (20.0)

3 (20.0)

 

 Missing

0 (0.0)

1 (6.7)

 

Tooth brush frequency, n (%)

  

0.59

 1 time per day

1 (6.7)

3 (20.0)

 

 2 times per day

9 (60.0)

8 (53.3)

 

 3 times per day

5 (33.3)

3 (20.0)

 

 ≥ 4 times per day

0 (0.0)

1 (6.7)

 

Swollen, inflamed, or bleeding gums, n (%)

2 (13.3)

NAd

 

Amount of permanent teeth lost, n (%)

   

 1–2 teeth

4 (26.7)

NAd

 

 3–4 teeth

4 (26.7)

  

 5–9 teeth

2 (13.3)

  

 ≥ 10 teeth

5 (33.3)

  
  1. aFrom Wilcoxon rank-sum test for continuous variables and Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables
  2. bUnder- or normal-weight: BMI < 25 kg/m2; Overweight: 25 ≤ BMI < 30 kg/m2; Obese: BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2
  3. cP-value calculated after removing missing values
  4. dNot applicable as these were exclusion criteria for oral health group