Table 1.
The body weight, salivary unstimulated and stimulated flow rate, and the concentrations of plasma: insulin, glucose, free fatty acids, and pH of the control and streptozotocin-diabetic rats.
| Body weight (mg) M (min–max) |
Salivary flow rate (μL/min) M (min–max) |
Insulin (ng/mL) M (min–max) |
Glucose (mg/dL) M (min–max) |
FFA (nmol/mL) M (min–max) |
pH M (min–max) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UWS | SWS | ||||||
| C1 | 262.5 (223−279) | 0.35 (0.2−0.56) | 88.6 (75.9−130.2) | 0.854 (0.799−1.456) | 95.25 (76.53−99.74) | 97.77 (74.39−103.87) | 7.71 (7.7−7.9) |
| C2 | 282.5 (264−297) | 0.36 (0.22−0.61) | 86.4 (70.2−109.8) | 1.066 (0.991−1.682) | 97.86 (80.26−102.47) | 91.56 (88.77−96.72) | 7.71 (7.6−7.94) |
| DM1 | 230.5 (201−260) | 0.32 (0.06−0.52) | 63.79 (59.94−78.7) | 0.0 | 237 (129−255) | 156.43 (133.65−198.66) | 7.71 (7.49−7.9) |
| DM2 | 227.5 (209−250) | 0.27 (0.067−0.91) | 52.7 (48.56−69.24) | 0.0 | 548.02 (425.38−594.33) | 162.98 (143.52−186.52) | 7.71 (7.68−7.93) |
| p (C1 : C2) | <0.05 (↑) | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns |
| p (DM1 : DM2) | ns | ns | ns | ns | <0.005 (↑) | ns | ns |
| p (C1 : DM1) | <0.05 (↓) | ns | <0.05 (↓) | <0.000005 (↓) | <0.005 (↑) | <0.005 (↑) | ns |
| p (C2 : DM2) | <0.05 (↓) | <0.05 (↓) | <0.05 (↓) | <0.000005 (↓) | <0.0005 (↑) | <0.005 (↑) | ns |
C1: control group in the first week of the experiment, C2: control group in the second week of the experiment, DM1: diabetic group in the first week of the experiment, DM2: diabetic group in the first second of the experiment, SWS: stimulated whole saliva, UWS: unstimulated whole saliva, insulin: plasma insulin concentration, glucose: plasma glucose concentration, FFA: plasma free fatty acids concentration, M: median, min: minimum, max: maximum, ns: not significant, p: statistical significance < 0.05, (↓): decrease, and (↑): increase.