“…Most clinical studies agree that type II fimA is the most predominant type in patients affected by periodontitis, followed by genotype Ib (Amano et al (1) 20 (5) IV 0 (0) 4 (1) 0 (0) V 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (1) I, Ib 8 (2) 28 (7) 24 (6) I, Ib, II 12 (3) 4 (1) 4 (1) I, Ib, II, IV 8 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) I, Ib, III, IV 4 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) I, Ib, V 4 (1) 0 (0) 4 (1) I, II 0 (0) 4 (1) 0 (0) I, III 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (1) I, IV 0 (0) 4 (1) 0 (0) Ib, II 0 (0) 4 (1) 0 (0) II, IV 4 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) I, II, IV 4 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 100 (25) 100 (25) 100 (25) Nakagawa et al 2002, Miura et al 2005, Ojima et al 2005; most of these studies were carried out in Japan. However, in a multiracial population such as in the Brazilian study, the most predominant type was Ib (Missailidis et al 2004), this finding agreeing with our results.…”