Table 4.

Prevalence of detectable C. Albicans and non-albicans in saliva, denture, and mucosal surfaces for control and DS participants. The table indicates the number of patients positive for Candida [albicans and non-albicans] and the percent positive within the disease category. The p-values are chi-square statistics between the control and the DS groups.

	Saliva (N = 32)		Denture (N = 32)		Unaffected mucosa (N = 32)		Affected mucosa (N = 15)
	C. albicans	Non-albicans	C. albicans	Non-albicans	C. albicans	Non-albicans	C. albicans	Non-albicans
Control (N = 17)	7 (41.2%)	7 (41.2%)	2 (11.8%)	8 (47.1%)	1 (5.9%)	7 (41.18%)
DS type II (N = 8)	7 (87.5%)	0 (0.00)	6 (75.0%)	0 (0.00%)	2 (25.0%)	2 (25.0%)	2 (25.0%)	3 (37.5%)
DS type III (N = 7)	5 (71.4%)	0 (0.00)	5 (71.4%)	2 (28.6%)	2 (28.6%)	4 (57.1%)	4 (57.1%)	3 (42.9%)
Total (N,%)	19 (59.4%)	7 (21.9%)	13 (40.6%)	10 (31.3%)	5 (15.6%)	13 (40.6%)	6 (40.0%)	6 (40.0%)
P values	0.03*	0.02*	0.002*	0.06*	0.27	0.45	0.20	0.83

^*Statistically significant (P < 0.05)