Table 1. Characteristics of IgAN and non-diseased control groups.
Characteristics | Control subjects (n = 61) | IgAN patients (n = 109) | p-value |
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Age (yr; mean ± SD) | 42.1 ± 10.6 | 43.8 ± 13.6 | 0.4073 |
Gender (M/F) | 33/28 | 62/47 | 0.7279 |
S. mutans isolated/total subjects (%) | 80.3 | 79.8 | 0.9367 |
cnm-positiveS. mutans/total subjects (%) | 11.5 | 27.5 | 0.0465 |
cnm-positiveS. mutans/total S. mutansisolated subjects (%) | 14.2 | 34.4 | 0.0486 |
Bold values indicate statistical significance at p < 0.05.