Table.
Median Percentage of Salivary Bacteria
| Bacteria | Healthy Median % | Overweight Median % | Difference | p < 0.001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firmicutes | ||||
| Selenomonas noxia | 0.00 | 2.54 | 2.54 | * |
| Veillonella parvula | 4.97 | 6.64 | 1.67 | * |
| Streptococcus mitis | 1.71 | 3.17 | 1.46 | * |
| Streptococcus anginosus | 0.00 | 1.16 | 1.16 | * |
| Streptococcus oralis | 1.31 | 2.40 | 1.09 | * |
| Streptococcus gordonii | 0.53 | 1.55 | 1.01 | * |
| Streptococcus intermedius | 0.00 | 0.63 | 0.63 | * |
| Streptococcus sanguis | 0.71 | 1.18 | 0.47 | * |
| Peptostreptococcus micros | 0.87 | 1.33 | 0.46 | * |
| Streptococcus constellatus | 0.57 | 1.01 | 0.45 | * |
| Eubacterium nodatum | 0.62 | 0.46 | −0.16 | |
| Eubacterium saburreum | 2.01 | 1.56 | −0.45 | |
| Gemella morbillorum | 2.71 | 1.66 | −1.05 | |
| Bacteroidetes | ||||
| Prevotella melaninogenica | 3.13 | 7.75 | 4.63 | * |
| Prevotella intermedia | 1.44 | 3.11 | 1.67 | * |
| Prevotella nigrescens | 1.74 | 3.30 | 1.56 | * |
| Capnocytophaga ochracea | 0.00 | 1.29 | 1.29 | * |
| Porphyromonas gingivalis | 0.39 | 1.57 | 1.18 | * |
| Capnocytophaga sputigena | 0.00 | 0.92 | 0.92 | * |
| Tanerella forsythia | 0.00 | 0.90 | 0.90 | * |
| Capnocytophaga gingivalis | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.75 | * |
| Proteobacteria | ||||
| Neisseria mucosa | 3.02 | 9.02 | 6.00 | * |
| Aggregatibacter | ||||
| actinomycetemcomitans | 0.38 | 1.52 | 1.14 | * |
| Campylobacter rectus | 0.55 | 1.05 | 0.50 | * |
| Campylobacter showae | 1.41 | 1.75 | 0.34 | |
| Campylobacter gracilis | 1.09 | 1.06 | −0.03 | |
| Eikenella corrodens | 0.89 | 0.58 | −0.32 | * |
| Fusobacteria | ||||
| Fusobacterium periodonticum | 1.35 | 3.82 | 2.47 | * |
| Fusobacterium nucleatum | ||||
| ss nucleatum | 1.41 | 3.83 | 2.42 | * |
| Fusobacterium nucleatum | ||||
| ss vincentii | 1.34 | 3.28 | 1.94 | * |
| Leptotrichia buccalis | 1.38 | 1.61 | 0.23 | |
| Fusobacterium nucleatum | ||||
| ss polymorphum | 1.95 | 1.91 | −0.04 | |
| Actinobacteria | ||||
| Actinomyces naeslundii 2 | ||||
| (A. viscosus) | 0.61 | 4.01 | 3.41 | * |
| Actinomyces gerencseriae | 0.00 | 2.28 | 2.28 | * |
| Actinomyces naeslundii 1 | 0.43 | 1.69 | 1.27 | * |
| Actinomyces israelii | 0.00 | 1.11 | 1.11 | * |
| Propionibacterium acnes | ||||
| (serotypes I & II) | 0.43 | 1.36 | 0.93 | * |
| Actinomyces odontolyticus | ||||
| (serotype I) | 0.50 | 0.73 | 0.23 | |
| Spirochaetae | ||||
| Treponema socranskii | 0.00 | 1.14 | 1.14 | * |
| Treponema denticola | 0.18 | 1.05 | 0.87 | * |
*
Mann-Whitney U-test for 545 cases. Data are grouped by phyla and sorted by median percent difference between 232 normal and 313 overweight individuals. Probability values are computed from the non-parametric Mann-Whitney U-test. Values significant at p < 0.0013 are indicated with a “*” as an adjustment for multiple comparison for an overall p < 0.05.