Table 1.

Type of Cancer, Stimulated and Unstimulated Salivary Flow Rate, and Xerostomia Inventory Score in Patients with Gastric and Colorectal Cancer and Control Group.

Variable	Control n=30	Patients n=26	p-value
Type of cancer	-	13 gastric cancer	-
		13 colorectal cancer
Unstimulated saliva flow rate (ml/min)	0.82 ±0.08	0.98 ±0.07	0.179a
Stimulated saliva flow rate (ml/min)	1.79 ± 0.21	2.53 ± 0.28	0.040a
xerostomia inventory score	16 ± 4.25	19.5 ± 13.5	0.046b

Data are expressed as ^a mean ±s.e.m analyzed by unpaired student t-test, ^b Median ±inter quartile range (IQR), analyzed by Mann-Whitney test.