Table I.
Clinical data of adult patients with cystic fibrosis that were colonised or not colonised by periopathogens.
| PLI | GI | PPD | TOTAL BACTERIA COUNT (CFU/ml) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 1.76 ± 0.70 | p < 0.01 | 0.56 ± 0.36 | p < 0.05 | 1.33 ± 0.24 | p < 0.01 | 8.9 × 106 ± 1.5 × 107 | p > 0.05 |
| NC | 0.86 ± 0.28 | 0.21 ± 0.26 | 0.98 ± 0.12 | 1.8 × 107 ± 5.3 × 107 | ||||
| TOTAL | 1.31 ± 0.69 | 0.39 ± 0.36 | 1.16 ± 0.26 | 1.3 × 107 ± 3.8 × 107 | ||||
Data are presented as mean and standard deviation (SD)
CF - Cystic Fibrosis, PLI - Plaque Index by Silness & Loe, GI - Gingival Index by Loe & Silness, PPD - Probing Pocket Depth, C - patients colonised by periopathogens, NC - patients not colonised by periopathogens