Comparison of Oral Microbe Quantities from Tongue Samples and Subgingival Pockets

Table 1

Characteristics of study subjects ().

	Mean ± SD or number (%)
Age, years	44.1 ± 5.5
Males	100 (42.2%)
School education
<10 years	5 (2.1%)
10 years	169 (71.3%)
>10 years	63 (26.6%)
Smoking status
Never smokers	128 (54.0%)
Former smokers	109 (46.0%)
Body mass index, kg/m^2
<25	90 (38.0%)
25–<30	97 (40.9%)
≥30	50 (21.1%)
Information on periodontal status on the subject level
Bleeding on probing, %	20.5 ± 18.1
Mean PD, mm	2.41 ± 0.36
Percentage of sites with PD ≥ 4 mm, %	8.0 ± 10.4
Mean CAL, mm	1.92 ± 0.91
Percentage of sites with CAL ≥ 4 mm, %	11.3 ± 16.3
Tooth count (excluding third molars)	24.8 ± 3.2
Information on-site level
Tooth position
3	2 (0.8%)
4	4 (1.7%)
5	10 (4.2%)
6	22 (9.3%)
7	199 (84.0%)
PD, mm ()
1-2	46 (19.8%)
3	130 (56.0%)
≥4	56 (24.2%)
CAL, mm ()
0–2	100 (53.8%)
3	38 (20.4%)
≥4	48 (25.8%)

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD) or numbers (percentages); PD, probing depth; CAL, clinical attachment level.