Table 1.

The demographics, clinical features, and colonization status of the participants.

Variable	Participant Location		p Value
	Own Home (n = 20)	Rest Home (n = 20)
Gender
Female	13	13
Male	7	7
Mean age (range)	83.1 (71–92)	86.0 (72–94)	0.50 a
Proportion with dentures	55%	70%	0.33 b
Mean salivary flow rate [mL/min] (range)	0.25 (0–0.7)	0.23 (0–0.6)	0.35 a
Proportion with hyphae in smears	30%	35%	0.74 b
Mean number of medications (range)	5.4 (0–11)	6.6 (1–12)	0.25 a
Proportion with saliva colonized by yeast	65%	80%	0.29 b
Proportion with tongue colonized by yeast	35%	80%	0.004 b
Proportion with palate colonized by yeast	25%	65%	0.01 b
Level of yeast colonization of saliva (cfu/mL)
Mean	1410	32,240	0.01 c
Median (range)	50 (0–9160)	2260 (0–4.72 × 105)
Level of yeast colonization of tongue (cfu/swab)
Mean	271	2400	0.001 c
Median (range)	0 (0–2200)	1970 (0–14,760)
Level of yeast colonization of palate (cfu/swab)
Mean	606	1150	0.03 c
Median (range)	0 (0–10,240)	200 (0–14,100)

^at-test; ^b Chi-square test; ^c Mann–Whitney U test. p values in bold typeface are significant (<0.05).