Fig. 2

The associations between salivation and denture-wearing status and C. albicans colonization. The patients were divided into four groups according to their salivation status (normosalivation [Normo; SSFR >10 mL/10 min] or hyposalivation [Hypo; SSFR ≤10 mL/10 min]) and denture-wearing status (denture wearing or no dentures). The bar graph shows the C. albicans colony-forming units (CFU) stratified by salivation and denture-wearing statuses. The columns show the means. The Kruskal-Wallis H test, followed by multiple comparison testing using the Mann-Whitney U test with Bonferroni correction, was used to test statistical significance