Table 4.
Occurrence of EBV DNA and P. gingivalis in the subgingival samples from HC and CP patients
| Detection frequency | Significance (P value) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infectious agents | HC (n = 26) | CP (≤3 mm) (n = 25) | CP (≥5 mm) (n = 25) | HC vs CP (≤3 mm) | HC vs CP (≥5 mm) | CP (≤3 mm) vs CP (≥5 mm) |
| EBV | 13 (50 %) | 10 (40 %) | 20 (80 %) | 0.33 | 0.025* | 0.0043** |
| P. gingivalis | 7 (27 %) | 9 (36 %) | 20 (80 %) | 0.35 | 0.00017** | 0.0018** |
| EBV + P. gingivalis | 4 (15 %) | 3 (12 %) | 17 (68 %) | 0.52 | 0.00015** | 0.00006** |
*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, statistically significant