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. 2009 Dec;11(12):2973–2983. doi: 10.1089/ars.2009.2591

Table 5.

Adjusted Serum IgG Antibody Levels for Total and Individual Oral Biofilm Bacteria According to Quartiles of Serum 8-Isoprostane

 
Mean (SE) serum IgG antibody levels (ng/ml) by quartiles of serum 8-isoprostane
p Values for indicated comparison of 8-isoprostane quartiles
IgG antibody specificity (n) 1 2 3 4 Q1 vs. Q4 Q2 vs. Q4 Q3 vs. Q4
Total biofilm IgG (4,080) 1.584 (45) 1,313 (44) 1,068 (44) 871 (46) <0.0001 <0.0001 0.002
P. gingivalis (4,230) 117.2 (7.8) 69.0 (7.9) 72.8 (7.8) 56.1 (7.9) <0.0001 0.24 0.13
T. forsythensis (4,107) 49.0 (2.3) 48.2 (2.3) 39.9 (2.3) 36.3 (2.4) 0.0002 0.0005 0.28
T. denticola (4,229) 38.2 (1.3) 37.6 (1.3) 30.2 (1.3) 23.3 (1.4) <0.0001 <0.0001 0.0003
Total Red biofilm IgG (4,106) 205.9 (9.7) 155.2 (9.7) 144.6 (9.6) 116.7 (10.0) <0.0001 0.006 0.04
P. intermedia (4,230) 122.2 (4.7) 90.2 (4.7) 71.9 (4.6) 59.6 (4.7) <0.0001 <0.0001 0.06
P. nigrescens (4,230) 214.1 (7.3) 162.1 (7.3) 120.2 (7.3) 88.6 (7.3) <0.0001 <0.0001 0.002
C. rectus (4,230) 38.8 (2.0) 36.9 (2.0) 29.9 (2.0) 27.5 (2.0) <0.0001 0.001 0.41
F. nucleatum (4,213) 19.8 (1.1) 22.6 (1.1) 13.8 (1.1) 13.3 (1.1) <0.0001 <0.0001 0.76
P. micra (4,230) 112.9 (5.3) 120.7 (5.3) 93.5 (5.3) 85.1 (5.3) 0.0003 <0.0001 0.27
Total Orange biofilm IgG (4,213) 512.1 (15.5) 432.5 (15.5) 329.2 (15.3) 274.1 (15.5) <0.0001 <0.0001 0.01
A. actinomycetemcomitans (4,230) 163.7 (6.6) 174.9 (6.7) 123.5 (6.7) 111.4 (6.7) <0.0001 <0.0001 0.20
E. corrodens (4,220) 19.0 (1.4) 25.9 (1.4) 16.3 (1.4) 15.7 (1.4) 0.09 <0.0001 0.75
C. ochracea (4,230) 40.2 (1.7) 39.7 (1.7) 29.9 (1.7) 27.4 (1.7) <0.0001 <0.0001 0.30
V. parvula (4,230) 16.2 (1.0) 14.3 (1.0) 11.0 (1.0) 9.7 (1.0) <0.0001 0.001 0.34
S. intermedius (4,230) 133.8 (8.3) 103.3 (8.3) 106.2 (8.2) 77.6 (8.3) <0.0001 0.03 0.01
S. oralis (4,230) 107.8 (5.9) 96.7 (5.9) 54.5 (5.9) 35.6 (6.0) <0.0001 <0.0001 0.02
S. sanguis (4,230) 94.6 (5.8) 77.7 (5.8) 84.8 (5.7) 58.1 (5.8) <0.0001 0.02 0.001
S. noxia (4,230) 168.8 (10.3) 87.2 (10.3) 65.7 (10.2) 46.3 (10.4) <0.0001 0.006 0.18
A. viscosus (4,221) 100.9 (6.8) 98.0 (6.8) 88.6 (6.8) 76.4 (6.8) 0.01 0.03 0.21
Other biofilm IgG (4,211) 748.8 (25.0) 619.5 (25.0) 491.9 (24.8) 381.8 (25.1) <0.0001 <0.0001 0.002

Adjusted for race/center, age, gender, BMI, smoking, education, income, diabetes, hypertension, HDL, LDL, triglycerides, pocket depth, and oral plaque level.