Research Article
Identification of Periopathogens in Atheromatous Plaques Obtained from Carotid and Coronary Arteries
Table 2
Presence of periopathogens in subgingival and atheromatous plaque of carotid arteries.
| Periopathogens | Subgingival plaque | Atheromatous plaque | % agreement | Kappa | value | No | Yes |
| Porphyromonas gingivalis (P.g.) | No | 14 | 0 | 73.3 | 0.48 | 0.002 | Yes | 8 | 8 |
| Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (A.a.) | No | 19 | 0 | 70.0 | 0.22 | 0.054 | Yes | 9 | 2 |
| Tannerella forsythia (T.f.) | No | 6 | 0 | 86.7 | 0.67 | <0.001 | Yes | 4 | 20 |
| Treponema denticola (T.d.) | No | 20 | 0 | 76.7 | 0.36 | 0.010 | Yes | 7 | 3 |
| Prevotella intermedia (P.i.) | No | 7 | 0 | 43.3 | 0.14 | 0.131 | Yes | 17 | 6 |
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