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Table 8.

Log-transformed numbers of A. actinomycetemcomitans, P. gingivalis, T. forsythia, T. denticola; median (lower/upper quartile)

Parameters		Chronic periodontitis; ChP (n = 25)	Aggressive periodontitis; AgP (n = 17)	ChP/AgP p
A. actinomycetemcomitans	Baseline	0 (0/4.78)	4.56 (0/5.59)	0.034
	12 weeks	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)^b	0.238
	60 months	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)^b	0.570
P. gingivalis	Baseline	6.83 (6.40/6.96)	6.48 (5.55/6.93)	0.323
	12 weeks	1.04 (0/6.47)^a	0.28 (0.14/0.45)^b	0.180
	60 months	5.72 (0/6.70)^b	0 (0/4.55)^b	0.004
T. forsythia	Baseline	6.71 (6.49/6.88)	6.73 (6.26/6.89)	0.608
	12 weeks	5.91 (0/6.45)^a	5.28 (0/5.96)^b	0.409
	60 months	6.25 (4.57/6.69)^b	5.85 (0/6.36)^b	0.239
T. denticola	Baseline	6.36 (6.02/6.67)	6.35 (6.19/6.57)	0.798
	12 weeks	5.72 (0/6.13)^b	5.18 (0/5.38)^b	0.140
	60 months	5.77 (0/6.29)^b	4.85 (0/5.98)^b	0.147

Significantly different to baseline: ^a(p < 0.001); ^b(p < 0.05)