Table 3.

Mean salivary AMP levels between caries-active and caries-free subjects.

Salivary concentrations	Caries-active	Caries-free	t-test p-values
HNP-1-3 (ng/ml)	2047.44±1254.76	1779.68±1055.03	p=0.37
HNP-1-3 relative to total protein (ng/mg)	2006.42±1125.17	2062.24±1028.52	p=0.84
LL-37 (ng/ml)	15.92±7.50	15.70±12.86	p=0.94
LL-37 relative to total protein (ng/mg)	16.33±8.29	18.64±13.84	p=0.44
HBD-3 (ng/ml)	2.16±1.91	2.30±2.46	p=0.80
HBD-3 relative to total protein (ng/mg)	2.33±2.39	2.82±3.65	p=0.54
HBD-2 (ng/ml)	0.86±0.90	0.85±0.83	p=0.23
HBD-2 relative to total protein (ng/mg)	0.61±0.71	0.72±0.81	p=0.54
Total protein (μg/ml)	1,018.19±306.33	852.19±209.69	p=0.02*