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. 2023 Jul 25;23:520. doi: 10.1186/s12903-023-03224-3

Table 1.

Weight percentages of calcium, phosphorus, fluoride, and Ca/P ratio in different groups

Groups CaK
Mean ± SD
PK
Mean ± SD
FK
Mean ± SD
Ca/P ratio Mean ± SD
Group-S 34.80 a ± 1.79 14.10 a ± 0.15 0.34 a± 0.04 2.47a ± 0.12
Group-S1 29.03 b ± 1.35 12.91 b ± 0.62 0.27 b±0.03 2.25a ± 0.13
Group-S2 27.89 b ± 1.99 12.23 b ± 0.73 0.21 c± 0.01 2.28 a ±0.12
Group-S3 1.03 c ± 0.12 0.78 c ± 0.04 0.14 d ±0.01 1.32b ± 0.17
P-value 0.001** 0.001** < 0.001** 0.001**
Multiple Comparisons using Bonferroni post-hoc
S vs. S1 < 0.001** 0.03* < 0.001** 0.46
 S vs. S2 < 0.001** < 0.001** < 0.001** 0.48
 S vs. S3 < 0.001** < 0.001** < 0.001** < 0.001**
S1 vs. S2 < 0.001** 0.44 0.974 0.829
S1 vs. S3 < 0.001** < 0.001** < 0.001** < 0.001**

**, and different superscript letters indicates significance at P < 0.05