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Table 3 Proportions (expressed as mean and standard deviation -sd) of total anaerobic microflora, isolated by culture in localized, generalized aggressive and chronic periodontitis

From: Bacterial profile of aggressive periodontitis in Morocco: a cross-sectional study

 

Localized aggressive periodontitis

Generalized aggressive periodontitis

Chronic periodontitis

K-W*

(LAgP) n = 13

(GAgP) n = 37

(ChP) n = 20

mean

sd

mean

sd

mean

sd

p value

A. actinomycetemcomitans

18.16%

29.10%

11.55%

38.81%

0.05%

0.18%

0.004

P. gingivalis

12.49%

15.21%

28.25%

27.04%

13.78%

18.39%

0.038

P. intermedia/nigrescens

5.78%

7.07%

4.92%

7.20%

4.78%

7.97%

0.598

T. forsythia

1.32%

2.58%

5.52%

8.32%

3.03%

7.76%

0.028

P. micra

0.09%

0.34%

0.91%

2.40%

1.18%

2.96%

0.298

C. rectus

0.55%

1.79%

0.08%

0.26%

0.10%

0.34%

0.958

F. nucleatum

1.96%

3.52%

1.43%

2.11%

1.90%

1.59%

0.266

Capnocytophaga spp.

0.67%

1.59%

0.93%

3.08%

0.12%

0.25%

0.902

E. corrodens

0.44%

0.87%

0.28%

1.00%

0.18%

0.40%

0.457

  1. *Kruskal-Wallis test was used to compare the three groups; detected differences were explored by means of Mann Whitney test to compare two groups. Differences corresponded to.
  2. A.actinomycetemcomitans: LAgP vs ChP, p = 0.062; GAgP vs ChP, p = 0.001.
  3. P. gingivalis: LAgP vs GAgP, p = 0.064; GAgP vs ChP, p = 0.014.
  4. T. forsythia: LAgP vs GAgP, p = 0.027; GAgP vs ChP, p = 0.045.