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. 2024 Apr 4;10(7):e29269. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29269

Table 3.

Correlation coefficient values between tongue parameters and tongue coating flora (genus level).

Tongue parameters Tongue flora Correlation coefficient r value
perAll BT-Actinomyces 0.288**
TB-a BT-Actinomyces −0.281**
TB-a BT-Rothia 0.286**
TC-a BT-Actinomyces −0.380**
TC-a BT-Rothia 0.250*
TC-a BT-Neisseria 0.305**

(The BT prefix before the bacterial name indicates that it is a bacterium found on the tongue coating; **P < 0.01; *P< 0.05).