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Post-intervention correlation between bacterial concentrations and pneumonia hospitalization in the intervention group
| Bacterial concentrations | Pneumonia hospitalization | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | ||
| N (%) | N (%) | p-valueb | |
| Salivaa | |||
| High | 8 (66.67) | 4 (33.33) | 0.04 |
| Low | 3 (23.08) | 10 (76.92) | |
| Sputuma | |||
| High | 5 (41.67) | 7 (58.33) | 1.00 |
| Low | 6 (46.15) | 7 (53.85) | |
aThe median values for salivary and sputum samples were used to classify the bacterial concentrations as “high” or “low”; bFisher’s exact test
