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

Table 5 Correlation coefficients (r) between oral health scores, plaque scores, calculus scores, gingivitis scores, pocket scores, pH, and bacterial phyla in supragingival samples (n = 26)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	0.52	0.007	0.53	0.0059	0.47	0.0143	0.37	0.0654	0.20	0.3319	0.46	0.0188
Bacteroidetes	-0.70	< 0.0001	-0.83	< 0.0001	-0.74	< 0.0001	-0.62	0.0008	-0.40	0.0411	-0.76	< 0.0001
Firmicutes	-0.43	0.0296	-0.53	0.0051	-0.38	0.0567	-0.41	0.0365	-0.37	0.0596	-0.52	0.0066
Proteobacteria	0.64	0.0004	0.76	< 0.0001	0.64	0.0004	0.57	0.0025	0.46	0.0187	0.72	< 0.0001
SR1	-0.51	0.008	-0.60	0.0012	-0.63	0.0005	-0.43	0.0265	-0.46	0.0178	-0.60	0.0011
Tenericutes	-0.64	0.0005	-0.60	0.0012	-0.56	0.0029	-0.37	0.0654	-0.21	0.2933	-0.50	0.0092

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

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