Table 1.
Comparison of serum and salivary creatinine levels between CKD patients and controls using t test.
Group | N | Mean | Std. deviation | Std. error mean | t-value | P-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Serum (mg/dL) | Controls | 37 | 0.887 | 0.168 | 0.028 | 16.969 |
<0.001** |
Cases | 105 | 5.956 | 3.048 | 0.297 | |||
| |||||||
Saliva (mg/dL) | Controls | 37 | 0.122 | 0.060 | 0.010 | 11.126 |
<0.001** |
Cases | 105 | 0.660 | 0.485 | 0.047 |
**Denotes statistically highly significant.