Occurrence of Candida albicans in Periodontitis

Table 4

The presence of Candida albicans among the study population according to periodontal status.

		Candida albicans		value
		Negative carriers (n = 28; 80%)	Positive carriers (n = 7; 20%)
Gender	Female	21 (78%)	06 (22%)	0.484
	Male	07 (87.5%)	01 (12.5%)
Age (years) (mean ± SD)		32.02 12.19	31.50 7.07	0.907
Plaque index (mm) (mean ± SD)		2.37 ± 0.75	2.59 ± 0.34	0.460
Gingival index (mm) (mean ± SD)		2.47 ± 0.74	2.51 ± 0.39	0.907
Periodontal pocket depth (PPD) (mm) (mean ± SD)		6.07 ± 1.87	4.68 ± 1.20	0.072
Clinical attachment loss (mm) (mean ± SD)		4.81 ± 1.29	3.82 ± 0.55	0.059