Figure 2.

Findings of the microbiological analysis. Diabetes mellitus (light bars), no diabetes mellitus (dark bars). Aa, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans; Cr, Campylobacter rectus; Cs, Capnocytophaga spp.; Ec, Eikenella corrodens; En, Eubacterium nodatum; Fn, Fusobacterium nucleatum; Pg, Porphyromonas gingivalis; Pi, Prevotella intermedia; Pm, Parvimonas micra; Td, Treponema denticola; Tf, Tannerella forsythia. Detection threshold >10², significant results are presented in bold type. P-values were determined using the Mann–Whitney U-test (significance level: P < 0.05).