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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 15.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2013 Sep 10;87(4):676–682. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.07.040

Table 3.

Correlation Between Parotid Mean Doses and the Salivary Output at each time point. The P values tested whether the correlation for each measurement at each time point was statistically significant.

Time Point Planned Mean Parotid Delivered Mean Parotid Number of parotid glands with saliva data
Dose: Correlation Dose: Correlation
Coefficients (p-values) Coefficients (p-values)
Baseline −0.23 (0.18) −0.26 (0.12) 36
3 months −0.30 (0.08) −0.42 (0.01) 34
6 months −0.55 (0.0007) −0.57 (0.0004) 34
12 months −0.39 (0.03) −0.35 (0.05) 32
18 months −0.52 (0.02) −0.42 (0.06) 20
24 months −0.86 (0.007) −0.60 (0.12) 8