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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Periodontal Res. 2009 Oct 7;44(4):511–519. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0765.2008.01154.x

Table 2.

Correlation between mean proportions of specific species/complexes and total DNA probe count. Proportions were averaged within each decile group in each subject, prior to performing regression analysis. All relationships were significant at p < 0.001 after adjusting for multiple comparisons.

Species/complex Pearson r Species/complex Pearson r
Green 0.323 Actinomyces −0.214
Orange 0.224 Purple −0.103
C. gingivalis 0.321 A. naeslundii 1 −0.140
E. corrodens 0.235 A. naeslundii 2 −0.290
S. noxia 0.180 P. micra −0.133
C. gracilis 0.146 L. buccalis −0.133
P. nigrescens 0.209
C. rectus 0.197
C. showae 0.362
F. nucleatum ss polymorphum 0.187
T. denticola 0.118