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Table 4 Post-intervention correlation between bacterial concentrations and pneumonia hospitalization in the intervention group

From: The effect of oral care intervention on pneumonia hospitalization, Staphylococcus aureus distribution, and salivary bacterial concentration in Taiwan nursing home residents: a pilot study

Bacterial concentrations

Pneumonia hospitalization

 

Yes

No

 

N (%)

N (%)

p-valueb

Salivaa

 High

8 (66.67)

4 (33.33)

0.04

 Low

3 (23.08)

10 (76.92)

 

Sputuma

 High

5 (41.67)

7 (58.33)

1.00

 Low

6 (46.15)

7 (53.85)

 
  1. aThe median values for salivary and sputum samples were used to classify the bacterial concentrations as “high” or “low”; bFisher’s exact test