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Published in final edited form as: Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2009 Jul 14;37(5):427–437. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2009.00485.x

Table 4.

Spearman’s Correlation Coefficient (rho) for percent of teeth exceeding the threshold of periodontal probing depth, clinical attachment level and recession with independent predictors.

Variable	Periodontal Probing Depth (PPD)	Recession (REC)	Clinical Attachment Level (CAL)
Age	−.040	.398^**	.211^*
Microbiological Measures
Tf	.420^**	−.023	.179
Td	.372^**	−.229^*	−.005
Pg	.330^**	.265^**	.374^**
Total Plaque DNA	.237^*	.184	.197^*
Immunological Measures
CD4 (cells/mm³)	−.168	−.306^**	−.424^**
Viral Load (copies/mL)	−.003	.036	.143
Months on HAART	.001	.202^*	.074
Months sero positive	−.045	.130	.071
Metabolic Measures
BMI	−.093	−.172	−.238^*
Insulin	−.120	−.250^**	−.283^**
Glucose	−.006	−.087	−.141
hs-CRP	.013	.112	.061
TRIG	−.196^*	.028	−.156
HDL	.086	−.115	.009
LDL	−.012	−.221^*	−.280^**
VLDL	−.203^*	.035	−.141
HOMA-IR	−.151	−.203^*	−.246^**

Significance: p<.05

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p<.001