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Table 2 Candida and periodontal disease

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

 

Carriage, %

Relative abundance, median (IQR)

Periodontal disease (n = 15)

Oral health (n = 15)

P-value

Periodontal disease (n = 15)

Oral health (n = 15)

P-value

Candida (genus)

100

100

NA

33.2 (0.9, 72.7)

2.2 (0.4, 58)

0.52

Candida albicans (species)

60

53.33

1

7.5e-04 (0, 0.04)

2.87e-04 (0, 0.01)

0.56

Candida dubliniensis (species)

26.67

20

1

0 (0, 1.82e-04)

0 (0, 0)

0.6

Candida parapsilosis (species)

80

86.67

1

1.2e-03 (5.8e-04, 0.1)

7.8e-04 (4e-04, 0.07)

0.69

Candida quercitrusa (species)

86.67

73.33

0.65

7.6e-04 (4.6e-04, 1.9e-03)

4.9e-04 (7.8e-05, 1.2e-03)

0.35

Candida sake (species)

26.67

13.33

0.65

0 (0, 1.2e-04)

0 (0, 0)

0.48

Candida sp. (species)

100

100

NA

5.0 (0.09, 72.2)

0.8 (0.08, 56.7)

0.49

Candida sp_CBS_10854 (species)

6.67

20

0.59

0 (0, 0)

0 (0, 0)

0.28

Candida tropicalis (species)

6.67

20

0.59

0 (0, 0)

0 (0, 0)

0.31