Table 5.
Bacteria count in test and control group at baseline (E1), 2 weeks (E2) and 3 months after treatment (E3)
| Bacteria | Examination | Test group n = 18 | Control group n = 18 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD | SD | Min | Max | MD | SD | Min | Max | p | ||
| Total bacteria count (106) | E1 | 12.42 | 19.82 | 0.09 | 73.00 | 23.75 | 39.00 | 0.02 | 150.00 | 0.6350 |
| E2 | 8.48 | 14.55 | 0.00 | 49.36 | 8.73 | 16.78 | 0.01 | 69.00 | 0.8494 | |
| E3 | 1.80 | 2.70 | 0.02 | 8.90 | 16.26 | 40.94 | 0.01 | 170.00 | 0.2680 | |
| p | 0.0154* | 0.2049 | ||||||||
| A. a. (103) | E1 | 0.19 | 0.57 | 0.00 | 2.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.2583 |
| E2 | 0.09 | 0.40 | 0.00 | 1.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.3173 | |
| E3 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.26 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.9682 | |
| p | 0.4217 | 0.6005 | ||||||||
| P. g. (103) | E1 | 52.67 | 85.18 | 0.00 | 270.00 | 79.10 | 196.30 | 0.00 | 800.00 | 0.8554 |
| E2 | 9.00 | 32.85 | 0.00 | 140.00 | 4.63 | 17.22 | 0.00 | 73.00 | 0.2794 | |
| E3 | 11.61 | 47.05 | 0.00 | 200.00 | 3.96 | 14.15 | 0.00 | 60.00 | 0.7393 | |
| p | 0.0334* | 0.0217* | ||||||||
| T. d. (103) | E1 | 21.87 | 62.52 | 0.00 | 270.00 | 38.37 | 60.25 | 0.00 | 200.00 | 0.9747 |
| E2 | 23.33 | 91.63 | 0.00 | 390.00 | 2.05 | 5.24 | 0.00 | 20.00 | 0.6774 | |
| E3 | 1.82 | 3.59 | 0.00 | 11.00 | 3.15 | 12.94 | 0.00 | 55.00 | 0.7343 | |
| p | 0.0016* | 0.005* | ||||||||
| T. f. (103) | E1 | 31.93 | 57.88 | 0.00 | 200.00 | 22.62 | 35.02 | 0.00 | 130.00 | 0.7872 |
| E2 | 38.34 | 157.66 | 0.00 | 670.00 | 0.32 | 0.90 | 0.00 | 3.80 | 0.4153 | |
| E3 | 2.91 | 8.57 | 0.00 | 35.00 | 1.60 | 6.59 | 0.00 | 28.00 | 0.1871 | |
| p | 0.0028* | 0.0001* | ||||||||
| P. i. (103) | E1 | 26.66 | 60.94 | 0.00 | 250.00 | 103.69 | 220.06 | 0.00 | 900.00 | 0.3043 |
| E2 | 19.69 | 66.78 | 0.00 | 280.00 | 46.76 | 124.43 | 0.00 | 440.00 | 0.6107 | |
| E3 | 4.33 | 15.20 | 0.00 | 64.00 | 0.11 | 0.45 | 0.00 | 1.90 | 0.1555 | |
| p | 0.1715 | 0.0013* | ||||||||
| M.m. (103) | E1 | 60.26 | 177.75 | 0.00 | 740.00 | 10.86 | 15.75 | 0.00 | 49.00 | 0.9621 |
| E2 | 4.68 | 10.60 | 0.00 | 35.00 | 4.11 | 7.73 | 0.00 | 30.00 | 0.9746 | |
| E3 | 1.87 | 3.20 | 0.00 | 9.20 | 0.28 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 1.40 | 0.5251 | |
| p | 0.0349* | 0.0006* | ||||||||
| F. n. (103) | E1 | 25.25 | 65.44 | 0.00 | 270.00 | 5.83 | 11.84 | 0.00 | 39.00 | 0.7099 |
| E2 | 2.62 | 5.22 | 0.00 | 20.00 | 6.75 | 13.63 | 0.00 | 54.00 | 0.5263 | |
| E3 | 2.55 | 9.86 | 0.00 | 42.00 | 8.77 | 30.43 | 0.00 | 130.00 | 0.2858 | |
| p | 0.1847 | 0.8051 | ||||||||
| E. n. (103) | E1 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.32 | 0.22 | 0.65 | 0.00 | 2.40 | 0.9417 |
| E2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.3173 | |
| E3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0.96 | 0.3173 | |
| p | 0.0444* | 0.4019 | ||||||||
| C. g. (103) | E1 | 13.43 | 23.98 | 0.00 | 100.00 | 26.79 | 52.09 | 0.00 | 1§0.00 | 0.5258 |
| E2 | 74.47 | 281.48 | 0.00 | 1200.00 | 18.48 | 36.82 | 0.00 | 130.00 | 0.8483 | |
| E3 | 4.44 | 7.55 | 0.00 | 23.00 | 139.11 | 246.83 | 0.00 | 810.00 | 0.0488* | |
| p | 0.2621 | 0.4841 | ||||||||
*p < 0.05 is statistically significant