Microbiota populations in supragingival plaque, subgingival plaque, and saliva habitats of adult dogs

Table 4 Correlation coefficients (r) between oral health scores, plaque scores, calculus scores, gingivitis scores, pocket scores, pH, and bacterial phyla in subgingival samples (n = 25)¹

Phyla	Salivary pH		Pocket Score		Gingivitis Score		Calculus Score		Plaque Score		Oral Health Score
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
Actinobacteria	0.60	0.0017	0.78	< 0.0001	0.70	< 0.0001	0.37	0.0666	0.33	0.1129	0.63	0.0008
Bacteroidetes	-0.67	0.0002	-0.82	< 0.0001	-0.78	< 0.0001	-0.51	0.0100	-0.39	0.0552	-0.72	< 0.0001
Chlorobi	-0.08	0.7181	-0.47	0.0183	-0.47	0.0181	-0.22	0.2806	-0.24	0.239	-0.40	0.0503
Firmicutes	-0.69	0.0001	-0.85	< 0.0001	-0.81	< 0.0001	-0.54	0.0050	-0.37	0.0688	-0.75	< 0.0001
Fusobacteria	0.28	0.1692	0.47	0.0181	0.58	0.0025	0.27	0.1943	0.20	0.3467	0.41	0.0413
GN02	0.22	0.2835	0.50	0.0118	0.32	0.1230	0.19	0.3642	0.35	0.0879	0.41	0.0437
Proteobacteria	0.69	0.0001	0.86	< 0.0001	0.81	< 0.0001	0.54	0.0054	0.34	0.0928	0.74	< 0.0001
SR1	-0.40	0.0477	-0.47	0.0191	-0.61	0.0013	-0.66	0.0003	-0.47	0.0174	-0.65	0.0005
Spirochaetes	-0.39	0.0569	-0.61	0.0011	-0.58	0.0024	-0.16	0.4534	-0.04	0.8574	-0.38	0.0613
Synergistetes	-0.17	0.4062	-0.45	0.0249	-0.39	0.0571	-0.13	0.539	-0.09	0.6829	-0.30	0.1512
Tenericutes	-0.60	0.0016	-0.71	< 0.0001	-0.64	0.0006	-0.39	0.0552	-0.17	0.4034	-0.55	0.0040

¹Bold correlation coefficients (r) with p < 0.05, and underlined correlation coefficients (r) with r > 0.5 (strong correlation)

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