Figure 2.

Inherent fungicidal activity and correlations between multiple metals are increased in donor salivas with C. albicans carriage compared to salivas without C. albicans. (A) Box and whisker plots compare groups of no carriage and carriage by total protein level as determined by BCA and fungicidal activity. (* indicates P < 0.05) (B) Correlation matrices were generated of donors with (n = 20) and without (n = 22) detected Candida carriage. For each correlation matrix, Spearman correlations for the indicated metals are listed in the top right with P values in parenthesis. Bivariate scatter plots of log-transformed metal pairs are organized on the bottom left. Distributions of log(metal) for each of the indicated metals are organized on the diagonal. Units are log(ng/mL). Red indicates strong correlation (r ≥ 0.7), yellow indicates moderate correlation (0.5 < r < 0.7), and blue indicates weak correlation(r ≤ 0.5). Grey indicates that the correlation was not significant (P > 0.05).