Table 3.

Associations between Actinobacteria and diabetes risk in Blacks and Whites

Taxa	Race	% Positive (Carriage)a				Abundanceb
		Case	Control	OR(95% CI)	P value	OR(95% CI)	P value
Phylum Actinobacteria
	Black	100.0	100.0			0.39(0.16 – 1.00)	0.05
	White	100.0	100.0			0.34(0.01 – 34.75)	0.65
Family Actinomycetaceae	Black	100.0	100.0
	White	100.0	100.0			0.33(0.04 – 2.50)	0.28
Genus Actinomyces	Black	100.0	100.0
	White	100.0	100.0			0.32(0.08 – 1.28)	0.11
Genus Mobiluncus	Black	8.3	14.6	0.38(0.06 – 2.65)	0.33	0.38(0.06 – 2.65)	0.33
	White	6.0	8.2	0.38(0.01 – 27.95)	0.66	0.38(0.01 – 27.95)	0.66
Family Bifidobacteriaceae	Black	43.8	50.0	0.76(0.30 – 1.90)	0.56	1.02(0.40 – 2.60)	0.97
	White	60.0	46.9	1.60(0.56 – 4.59)	0.38
Genus Bifidobacterium	Black	29.2	37.5	0.71(0.28 – 1.85)	0.49	0.90(0.27 – 2.98)	0.87
	White	38.0	30.6	1.32(0.46 – 3.78)	0.61
Genus Scardovia	Black	29.2	22.9	1.42(0.50 – 4.00)	0.51	0.71(0.18 – 2.83)	0.63
	White	22.0	20.4
Family Coriobacteriaceae	Black	68.8	70.8	0.17(0.01 – 2.45)	0.19
	White	68.0	79.6	0.17(0.03 – 1.14)	0.07	0.27(0.05 – 1.46)	0.13
Genus Atopobium	Black	62.5	70.8
	White	68.0	77.6	0.31(0.06 – 1.51)	0.15
Family Corynebacteriaceae	Black	66.7	77.1			0.54(0.15 – 1.87)	0.33
	White	92.0	89.8	0.49(0.06 – 4.21)	0.51	0.63(0.14 – 2.79)	0.54
Genus Corynebacterium	Black	66.7	77.1			0.54(0.15 – 1.87)	0.33
	White	92.0	89.8	0.49(0.06 – 4.21)	0.51	0.63(0.14 – 2.79)	0.54
Family Micrococcaceae	Black	100.0	100.0			0.58(0.21 – 1.62)	0.30
	White	100.0	100.0			0.65(0.09 – 4.80)	0.67
Genus Rothia	Black	100.0	100.0			0.58(0.21 – 1.62)	0.30
	White	100.0	100.0			0.65(0.09 – 4.80)	0.67

Note

^aFor those taxa present in all participants, no statistical analyses regarding carriage were conducted.

^bParticipants with relative abundance lower than the median values among controls were the reference group.