Table 2.
Comparative evaluation of salivary flow between groups:
| Salivary parameter | Subgroups | mean | p-value |
| Salivary flow | male | 7.82 | p<0,001 |
| female | 2.94 | ||
| the presence of cardio-vascular diseases | 5.74 | NSS | |
| the absence of cardio-vascular diseases | 5.15 | ||
| with diabetes | 5.22 | NSS | |
| without diabetes | 5.71 | ||
| with gastro-intestinal diseases | 3.75 | NSS | |
| without gastro-intestinal diseases | 5.99 | ||
| with respiratory diseases | 9.60 | NSS | |
| without respiratory diseases | 4.73 | ||
| with hepatic diseases | 6.24 | NSS | |
| without hepatic diseases | 5.40 | ||
| with mental diseases | 5.80 | NSS | |
| without mental diseases | 5.49 | ||
| NSS – not statistically significant |