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Table 2

Change in the Amount of Periodontal Bacteria through 4-Week Weight Control Program (n=46)

Bacteria Baseline After 4-week weight control p-valuea
Total bacteria 1.4846×106±1.3634×106 1.5865×106±1.3382×106 0.369
Fn 2,680.17±4,085.66 4,345.52±10,354.82 0.313
Aa 2,196.24±6,056.90 4,839.61±17,168.15 0.370
Pi 169.52±506.18 315.22±585.34 0.140
Pg 66.39±198.98 64.97±102.57 0.956
Tf 174.50±288.88 138.28±278.88 0.382
Cr 359.04±331.32 959.09±2,005.59 0.044
Td 705.70±1197.96 1,012.76±1,519.37 0.143
Ratio of Fn (%) 19.30±23.50 21.76±24.93 0.639
Ratio of Aa (%) 11.54±28.98 15.78±47.50 0.295
Ratio of Pi (%) 0.85±2.74 2.33±5.38 0.069
Ratio of Pg (%) 0.35±0.97 0.33±0.89 0.864
Ratio of Tf (%) 0.80±1.56 0.57±1.62 0.414
Ratio of Cr (%) 3.00±3.57 5.30±6.59 0.025
Ratio of Td (%) 6.61±10.12 7.11±12.18 0.777

Values are presented as mean±standard deviation.

Ratio of each bacteria=amount of each bacteria/amount of total bacteria.

Fn: Fusobacterium nucleatum, Aa: Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, Pi: Prevotella intermedia, Pg: Porphyromonas gingivalis, Tf: Tannerella forsythia, Cr: Campylobacter rectus, Td: Treponema denticola.

aPaired t-test.
J Dent Hyg Sci 2022;22:99-107 https://doi.org/10.17135/jdhs.2022.22.2.99
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