The Relation between Periodontopathogenic Bacterial Levels and Resistin in the Saliva of Obese Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Table 4

Total number of bacteria in the saliva of obese patients (diabetics and nondiabetics) compared to the nonobese nondiabetic control.

Periodontal condition	Number of cases per group (number of bacteria)
	Nonobese nondiabetics ()	Obese diabetics ()	Obese nondiabetics ()
Healthy ()	20 (3–6)	25 (4–6)	22 (3–6)
Nonhealthy ()	6 (3–6)	1 (6)	4 (4–6)
Total number of bacteria	3–6	4–6	3–6

Nonhealthy: those with mild form of periodontal diseases, that is, gingivitis.