Table 3.
Percentage of bacterial orders based on period of use and age of the users. Significantly higher fractions are marked with a * based on non-parametric Mann-Whitney test (p ≤ 0.05).
| Bacterial Order | <2 Weeks (n = 6) | 2 to 4 Weeks (n = 6) | 4 to >12 Weeks (n = 13) | 10 to 20 Years (n = 5) | 20 to 60 Years (n = 16) | >60 Years (n = 4) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micrococcales | 4.9% | 10.8% | 27.6% * | 5.6% | 12.5% | 56.9% |
| Enterobacterales | 29.7% * | 22.6% | 7.0% | 17.0% | 19.0% | 0.0% |
| Lactobacillales | 22.6% | 14.0% | 12.6% | 25.0% | 14.8% | 6.2% |
| Actinomycetales | 15.8% | 11.3% | 10.1% | 16.8% | 11.1% | 8.2% |
| Neisserales | 6.5% | 2.7% | 1.6% | 7.7% | 1.8% | 2.4% |
| Pseudomonadales | 0.0% | 1.2% | 2.0% | 0.0% | 2.1% | 0.25% |
| Sphingomonadales | 0.0% | 0.2% | 1.0% | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.4% |