Table 4. Species associated with SS dryness (n = 17) vs. control dryness (n = 11).
| Relative abundancea | LeFSe | Spearman’s rho | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control with dryness | SS with dryness | LDA Score | P | ||
| Veillonella dispar | 0.78 (12.98) | 2.58 (8.43) | 4.50 | 0.082 | 0.380 |
| Prevotella histicola | 0.03 (3.78) | 0.97 (7.36) | 4.30 | 0.080 | 0.271 |
| Streptococcus_4P003152_s | 0.60 (4.10) | 1.22 (4.17) | 4.17 | 0.092 | -0.212 |
| Veillonella parvula | 0.01 (0.17) | 0.09 (3.20) | 3.59 | 0.046 | -0.166 |
| Lactobacillus salivarius | 0.00 (0.02) | 0.01 (2.44) | 3.48 | 0.034 | 0.146 |
| Veillonella tobetsuensis | 0.04 (0.58) | 0.15 (1.13) | 3.43 | 0.048 | 0.463* |
| Veillonella rodentium | 0.01 (0.06) | 0.12 (1.28) | 3.34 | 0.002 | 0.101 |
| Lactobacillus fermentum | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.69) | 2.95 | 0.018 | |
| Rothia_uc | 0.01 (0.11) | 0.00 (0.14) | 2.51 | 0.078 | -0.347 |
| Leptotrichia_FJ976402_s | 0.00 (0.21) | 0.00 (0.04) | 2.54 | 0.076 | 0.110 |
| Haemophilus sputorum | 0.00 (0.19) | 0.00 (0.00) | 2.62 | 0.006 | 0.444* |
| Neisseria_AY005028_s | 0.01 (0.24) | 0.00 (0.02) | 2.63 | 0.012 | -0.161 |
| Neisseria_uc | 0.04 (0.14) | 0.00 (0.03) | 2.70 | 0.000 | 0.198 |
| Neisseria oralis | 0.00 (0.69) | 0.00 (0.05) | 2.87 | 0.088 | 0.180 |
| Capnocytophaga gingivalis | 0.02 (0.48) | 0.00 (0.00) | 2.89 | 0.000 | 0.096 |
| Capnocytophaga leadbetteri | 0.00 (0.87) | 0.00 (0.02) | 2.97 | 0.076 | 0.078 |
| Leptotrichia wadei | 0.02 (1.02) | 0.00 (0.05) | 3.07 | 0.036 | 0.087 |
| Porphyromonas gingivalis | 0.06 (0.53) | 0.00 (0.15) | 3.07 | 0.006 | -0.212 |
| Porphyromonas_AM420091_s | 0.06 (0.93) | 0.00 (1.77) | 3.26 | 0.014 | 0.060 |
| Lachnoanaerobaculum orale | 0.11 (0.60) | 0.03 (0.24) | 3.27 | 0.048 | -0.132 |
| Lautropia mirabilis | 0.01 (2.31) | 0.00 (0.24) | 3.44 | 0.004 | 0.436* |
| Neisseria elongata | 0.03 (2.15) | 0.00 (0.02) | 3.45 | 0.004 | 0.362 |
| Fusobacterium periodonticum | 0.51 (1.59) | 0.03 (3.67) | 3.75 | 0.094 | 0.161 |
| Rothia aeria | 0.29 (3.44) | 0.01 (0.52) | 3.86 | 0.016 | 0.016 |
| Neisseria sicca group | 0.07 (6.68) | 0.00 (0.46) | 3.91 | 0.046 | 0.060 |
| Neisseria mucosa | 0.00 (7.60) | 0.00 (1.88) | 4.10 | 0.034 | 0.094 |
| Streptococcus sanguinis | 0.51 (4.78) | 0.26 (2.85) | 4.14 | 0.082 | 0.303 |
| Neisseria subflava | 1.43 (11.65) | 0.00 (0.76) | 4.40 | 0.018 | 0.350 |
| Streptococcus_CP006776_s | 1.96 (16.72) | 0.49 (2.38) | 4.59 | 0.040 | 0.057 |
| Neisseria perflava | 0.69 (50.17) | 0.00 (4.29) | 4.91 | 0.016 | 0.192 |
aExpressed as the median (range)
*, P < 0.05;
**, P < 0.01