Table 2.
Recorded oral parameters and measured lesion depths of participants.
| Oral parameters | Test drink (Phenolic compound-enriched apple juice-based drink) |
Placebo (Phenolic compound-free drink) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline n = 30a | After 2 weeks n = 26a | Adj. p-valueb | Baseline n = 30a | After 2 weeks n = 29a | Adj. p-valueb | |
| Lesion depth (µm) | − | −2.56 (24.00) | − | − | −2.87 (18.6) | − |
| Saliva flow rate (mL/min) | 2.51 (1.28) | 2.41 (1.35) | 0.92 | 2.28 (1.26) | 2.61 (1.59) | 0.19 |
| Saliva buffer capacity (mmol/L/pH) | 5.88 (1.00) | 5.47 (0.95) | 0.44 | 5.66 (1.28) | 5.31 (1.22) | 0.19 |
| Saliva pH value | 7.77 (0.25) | 7.75 (0.33) | 0.92 | 7.82 (0.25) | 7.73 (0.29) | 0.19 |
| Plaque Index | 1.88 (0.68) | 2.07 (0.61) | 0.70 | 2.01 (0.54) | 2.18 (0.68) | 0.19 |
| Gingivitis Index | 0.62 (0.31) | 0.70 (0.21) | 0.72 | 0.6 (0.24) | 0.71 (0.25) | 0.19 |
| DMFT | 5.54 (4.85) | 5.79 (4.89) | 0.92 | 5.67 (4.75) | 5.67 (4.75) | 1.00 |
aMean (SD), b paired t-Test, p-values adjusted using Benjamini-Hochberg correction, DMFT = decay missing filled teeth, Gingivitis Index (Ranges from 0 to 3).