Table 6.
Topological parameters of the co-occurrence networks in the different grades of the dental and periodontal subscales, as well as oral health scale.
| Oral health grade | Dental health grade | Periodontal health grade | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OG0 | OG23 | DG23 | PG23 | |
| Network coveragea | 65.75% | 43.42% | 70.71% | 77.17% |
| Number of nodes | 265 | 175 | 285 | 311 |
| Number of edges | 1867 | 436 | 1447 | 2697 |
| Number of positive correlations (%) | 1055 (56.5%) | 362 (83.1%) | 915 (63.2%) | 1468 (54.4%) |
| Number of negative correlations (%) | 812 (43.5%) | 74 (16.9%) | 532 (36.8%) | 1229 (45.6%) |
| Ratio of positive correlations and nodes | 3.98 | 2.06 | 3.21 | 4.72 |
| Ratio of negative correlations and nodes | 3.06 | 0.42 | 1.86 | 3.95 |
| Density | 0.053 | 0.028 | 0.0357 | 0.055 |
| Average number of neighbors | 15.09 | 5.98 | 11.15 | 18.34 |
| Characteristic path length | 2.86 | 4.27 | 3.10 | 2.67 |
| Clustering coefficient | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.30 | 0.35 |
| Centralization | 0.16 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.14 |
| Modularity | 0.36 | 0.62 | 0.36 | 0.33 |
| Number of subnetworks | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Number of modules | 28 | 19 | 26 | 29 |
| Number of modules with more than 3 nodes | 9 | 9 | 4 | 9 |
aPercentage of OTUs present in the co-occurrence network with respect to the total number of OTUs.