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Table. 4. Table 4

Amount of strain by periodontal disease stage

Periodontitis complexes	Bacteria stains	Stage I	Stage II	Stage III	P-value
Red complex	P. g*	6.60±5.50a,b	5.36±5.39a	7.19±5.56b	0.003
	T. f*	6.54±4.60a	7.44±4.56a,b	8.49±4.70b	0.007
	T. d	9.71±1.59a	9.50±2.47a	9.97±2.94a	0.173
Orange complex	P. i*	8.28±5.43a	9.10±4.77a,b	10.34±5.20b	0.006
	P. m*	7.70±2.85a	8.36±2.44a	9.12±2.89b	<0.001
	P. n*	4.92±4.33a	6.28±4.17a,b	7.08±3.84b	0.002
	F. n*	11.44±2.02a	11.70±1.88a	12.26±1.58b	0.001
Orange associated complex	C. r*	7.22±3.12a	7.68±3.21a	8.88±3.62b	<0.001
Orange associated complex	E. n*	4.84±4.48a	5.76±4.32a	8.01±3.62b	<0.001
Aa complex	A. a*	1.93±2.85a,b	1.91±2.88a,b	2.79±3.53b	0.012
Green complex	E. c	9.00±3.27a	9.47±3.53a	10.03±2.69a	0.050

The number means Mean±SD (natural logarithmic scale).

The P-value, based on the ANOVA test.

^a,b,cDifferent letters indicate a significant difference between groups, based on the Duncan post-hoc test (P-value<0.05).

*P<0.05.