Research Article
Identification of Periopathogens in Atheromatous Plaques Obtained from Carotid and Coronary Arteries
Table 3
Presence of periopathogens in subgingival and atheromatous plaque of coronary arteries.
| Periopathogens | Subgingival plaque | Atheromatous plaque | % agreement | Kappa | value | No | Yes |
| Porphyromonas gingivalis (P.g.) | No | 12 | 0 | 82.1 | 0.65 | <0.001 | Yes | 5 | 11 |
| Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (A.a.) | No | 16 | 0 | 82.1 | 0.62 | <0.001 | Yes | 5 | 7 |
| Tannerella forsythia (T.f.) | No | 5 | 0 | 64.3 | 0.32 | 0.022 | Yes | 10 | 13 |
| Treponema denticola (T.d.) | No | 25 | 0 | 96.4 | 0.78 | <0.001 | Yes | 1 | 2 |
| Prevotella intermedia (P.i.) | No | 9 | 0 | 67.9 | 0.42 | 0.007 | Yes | 9 | 10 |
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