Table 1 Demographic, clinical, and bacteriologic data of included subjects.

From: Characterization of immune cells in periodontitis using a new histological immunologic gingival (IG) score

 

Healthy controls

Periodontitis patients

p

Age (years)

17 (17–20.5)–19

55 (52–58)–55

****

Gender, F/M

9/2

4/7

ns

Current/past smokers (n)

1/11

6/11

ns

Periodontitis stage

NA

4 (3–4)–3.64

****

Probing pocket depth (mm)

2 (1–2)–1.6

7 (6–8)–6.91

****

Clinical attachment loss (mm)

0

3 (3–7)–4.64

****

Bleeding on probing (%)

0

100

 

Amount of total bacteria (ng)

6.93 (4.8–11.3)–7.7

11.98 (7.4–35.3)–20.22

ns

Amount of P. gingivalis (ng)

0 (0–0)–0.3

3.3 (1.5–7.8)–4.16

***

P. gingivalis / total bacteria ratio (ng)

0 (0–0)–2.6

33 (14–54)–31.9

***

  1. Data are shown as median (Q1-Q3) - mean, Healthy controls n = 11, periodontitis patients n = 11, F: female, M: male, ns: nonsignificant, p-value was calculated using the Mann–Whitney U test for quantitative variables and the Fisher’s exact test for qualitative variables ***p < 0.001, ****p < 0.0001.
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