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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychobiol. 2017 Nov 20;60(1):118–122. doi: 10.1002/dev.21584

Table I.

Sample Collection Time Point Proportions

Missing Tubes by Sample

Sample 1
N (%)
Sample 2
N (%)
Sample 3
N (%)
Sample 4
N (%)
Sample 5
N (%)
P value
Tubes present 59 (92.2) 62 (96.9) 60 (93.8) 61 (95.3) 60 (93.8) 0.89
Tubes absent 5 (7.8) 2 (3.1) 4 (6.2) 3 (4.7) 4 (6.2)
Sufficient 57 (89.1) 58 (90.6) 58 (90.6) 58 (90.6) 55 (85.9) 0.93
Non-Sufficient 7(10.9) 6 (9.4) 6 (9.4) 6 (9.4) 9 (14.1)

Note: Proportion of saliva samples: present compared to those absent and sufficient compared to those not sufficient