Table 4.

Number (%) of patients who were positive for each pathogen in saliva

	A. actinomycetemcomitans	P. intermedia	P. gingivalis
DM (n=8)	4 (50)	2 (25)	7 (88)
Non-DM (n=13)	5 (38)	6 (46)	9 (69)

Abbreviations: DM diabetes mellitus.