Table 1 Participant Characteristics.

From: Influential factors of saliva microbiota composition

 

Age Median (IQR)

Sex N (%F)

BMI Median (IQR)

HEI Median (IQR)

Frailty Median (IQR)

Zygosity

Ethnicity

No. days samples stored median (IQR)

Fasted Status (% fasted)

TwinsUK participants (n = 679)

66 (15)

625 (92)

25 (6)

55 (11)

0.18* (0.15)

MZ: 376

DZ: 303

Caucasian: 656

Black: 4 Asian: 4

Mixed: 8*

53 (87)

93

Dietary Subsample (n = 582)

67 (14)

541 (93)

25 (6)

58 (12)

0.18 (0.15)

MZ: 326

DZ: 256

Caucasian: 563

Black: 2 Asian: 4

Mixed: 8*

51 (89)

93

Periodontal Disease Subsample (n = 134)

63 (15)

134 (100)

25 (6)

58 (14)

0.18 (0.16)

MZ: 77

DZ: 57

Caucasian: 132*

114 (12)

87

  1. *Data unavailable for some participants.