Table 2.

Analysed saliva parameters and components - values at baseline and after 2 years.

	Baseline values			After two years
N = 24	x̄ ± SD	median	min − max	x̄ ± SD	median	min − max
pH	6.79 ± 0.13	6.8	6.51 – 7.00	6.84 ± 0.12	6.81	6.65 – 7.10
*** Ca2+ (mmol / L)	2.48 ± 0.63	2.32	1.75 – 3.98	0.99 ± 0.76	0.82	0.51 – 3.20
*** Pi (mmol / L)	3.47 ± 0.94	3.29	2.02 – 5.04	5.04 ± 1.63	4.33	3.10 – 8.17
* Na+ (mmol / L)	45.25 ± 17.41	46.5	15.00 – 76.00	36.64 ± 12.27	32	18.00 – 60.00
** K+ (mmol / L)	21.83 ± 2.08	22	18.00 – 25.00	20.25 ± 2.77	19.2	17.50 – 26.00
Cl− (mmol / L)	47.67 ± 15.25	48	22.00 – 74.00	45.18 ± 14.82	41	26.00 – 80.00
Osmolarity (mOsm / L)	128.75 ± 26.12	125	100.00 – 185.00	115.91 ± 21.19	110	90.00 – 160.00
Total proteins (mg / 100 ml)	58.67 ± 38.88	38	23.00 – 127.00	32.45 ± 27.98	28	10.00 – 109.00
Albumins (mg / 100 ml)	9.46 ± 9.00	5.4	1.02 – 29.08	7.31 ± 7.59	6.15	1.32 – 28.60
F− (mg / L)	0.11 ± 0.12	0.1	0.04 – 0.40
** Sr2+ (μg / L)	0.98 ± 0.29	1	0.50 – 1.50	0.79 ± 0.27	0.8	0.50 – 1.20

^*P<.1,

^**P<.05,

^***P<.01