Table 2.

Distribution of blood glucose level and salivary glucose level in 2 study sample sets groups

	Blood glucose level (mmol/l)			Salivary glucose level (mmol/l)
Parameter	Groups	Sample set 1 (n = 40 each) M (SD)	Sample set 2 (n = 50 each) M (SD)	Groups	Sample set 1 (n = 40 each) M (SD)	Sample set 2 (n = 50 each) M (SD)
Fasting	Uncontrolled diabetes	10.45 (69.72)	10.43 (66.8)	Uncontrolled diabetes	0.45 (6.45)	0.44 (5.99)
	Controlled diabetes	6.83 (13.02)	5.74 (13.28)
Post meal	Uncontrolled diabetes	17.53 (86.03)	17.50 (80.04)	Controlled diabetes	0.42 (6.44)	0.37 (6.16)
	Controlled diabetes	9.07 (29.54)	9.13 (29.32)
Random	Healthy non-diabetics	5.24 (11.73)	5.38 (14.58)	Healthy non-diabetics	0.11 (1.44)	0.13 (2.02)

n = number of subjects, M (SD) = mean (standard deviation); mmol/l = millimoles per litre.