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. 2020 Aug 10;25(3):1485–1496. doi: 10.1007/s00784-020-03456-5

Table 4.

Spearmann correlation coefficients between hormonal and metabolic parameters and counts of the bacterial species

No of subjects A. actinomycetemcomitans Red complex bacteria P. gingivalis T. forsythia T. denticola Orange complex bacteria F. nucleatum P. micros P. intermedia C. gingivalis Total bacteria count
Age 55 − 0.05 0.02 − 0.16 0.10 0.06 0.02 − 0.25 − 0.08 0.19 0.15 − 0.03
BMI 55 0.05 − 0.14 − 0.07 − 0.12 − 0.10 0.03 − 0.03 − 0.06 − 0.06 0.09 − 0.05
Estradiol (pg/ml) 32 − 0.28 − 0.05 0.00 − 0.06 − 0.08 0.32 0.21 0.31 0.24 0.357 0.00
Total testosterone (ng/dl) 32 − 0.17 − 0.08 − 0.09 0.09 − 0.09 0.03 − 0.05 0.05 − 0.08 0.19 0.22
Free testosterone (ng/l) 32 − 0.05 − 0.13 − 0.11 0.10 − 0.15 0.20 0.15 0.11 0.04 0.21 0.09
SHBG (nmol/l) 32 − 0.02 0.05 0.09 − 0.14 0.05 − 0.22 − 0.19 − 0.09 − 0.09 − 0.19 − 0.01
DHEA-S (μmol/l) 32 − 0.06 0.01 − 0.15 0.21 − 0.09 0.29 0.28 0.22 0.10 0.01 − 0.06
PLI 55 − 0.13 0.272 0.03 0.20 0.333 0.334 0.296 0.13 0.19 − 0.12 0.23
Fasting glucose (mg/dl) 32 0.12 − 0.05 − 0.01 0.04 − 0.16 − 0.03 0.06 0.05 − 0.01 − 0.17 − 0.24
Fasting insulin (μU/ml) 32 0.18 − 0.245 − 0.14 − 0.18 − 0.23 0.02 − 0.27 − 0.12 0.08 0.09 0.24
HOMA-IR 32 0.13 − 0.04 − 0.13 0.09 − 0.09 0.13 − 0.08 − 0.03 0.15 0.25 0.13
TC (mg/dl) 32 − 0.01 − 0.05 0.00 − 0.08 0.04 − 0.18 − 0.32 − 0.12 − 0.07 − 0.06 0.19
LDL-C (mg/dl) 32 0.05 0.06 − 0.01 0.07 0.16 − 0.08 − 0.28 − 0.01 0.04 − 0.05 0.26
HDL-C (mg/dl) 32 − 0.391 0.16 0.17 0.13 0.12 − 0.365 − 0.19 − 0.26 − 0.30 − 0.09 − 0.24
TG (mg/dl) 32 0.30 − 0.24 − 0.09 − 0.18 − 0.30 0.01 − 0.03 0.00 − 0.11 0.01 0.28

BMI body mass index, PLI plaque index, GI gingival index, BOP% bleeding on probing score, PD probing depth, FSH follicle-stimulating hormone, LH luteinizing hormone, SHGB sex hormone–binding globulin, DHEA-S dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, HOMA-IR homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance, TC total cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG triglycerides

Statistically significant correlations: 1p = 0.0283, 2p = 0.0497, 3p = 0.0154, 4p = 0.0145, 5p = 0.0452, 6p = 0.0380, 7p = 0.0478