Table 4.
DNA (dichotomized results) and mRNA expression of Tannerella forsythia proteases and miropin in samples with less (dichotomized results) and equal or more than (dichotomized results and quantitative data related to sod) 105 T. forsythia
| positive <100,000 (n=6) | positive ≥100,000 (n=29) | ||||||
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| DNA | mRNA | DNA | mRNA | related to sod | |||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | median | minimum | maximum | |
| miropsin-1 | 5 (83.3) | 1 (16.7) | 27 (93.1) | 17 (58.6) | <0.001 | 0.000 | 0.615 |
| miropsin-2 | 3 (50.0) | 0 (0) | 29 (100) | 14 (48.3) | 0.001 | 0.000 | 3.051 |
| karilysin | 4 (66.7) | 1 (16.7) | 21 (72.4) | 11 (37.9) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.792 |
| mirolysin | 4 (66.7) | 0 (0) | 29 (100) | 11 (37.9) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.008 |
| mirolase | 4 (66.7) | 0 (0) | 29 (100) | 15 (51.7) | 0.006 | 0.000 | 0.380 |
| forsylisin-1 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 25 (86.2) | 6 (20.7) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.012 |
| miropin | 6 (100) | 6 (100) | 29 (100) | 29 (100) | 2.340 | <0.001 | 17.609 |
| sod | 6 (100) | 3 (50) | 29 (100) | 29 (100) | 1 | 1 | 1 |