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. 2018 Dec 16;2018:3152146. doi: 10.1155/2018/3152146

Table 2.

Associations for salivary sodium and potassium with age, sex, and cardiometabolic phenotypes.

Sodium Potassium
Regr coeff ± SE R 2 Prob Level Regr coeff ± SE R 2 Prob level
Univariate
Age (years) 0.070 ± 0.040 1.4% 0.07 0.39 ± 0.07 11.3% <0.0001
Women (yes) −0.46 ± 0.85 0.1% 0.58 −1.07 ± 1.61 0.2% 0.51
PP (mmHg) 0.073 ± 0.023 4.1% 0.002 0.18 ± 0.04 7.0% <0.0001
HR (min−1) 0.057 ± 0.037 1.0% 0.13 0.20 ± 0.07 3.5% 0.004
cIMT (mm) 10.12 ± 3.41 3.7% 0.003 29.8 ± 6.3 8.8% <0.0001
Carotid plaque (yes) 0.385 ± 0.794 0.1% 0.63 5.12 ± 1.4 5.4% 0.0004
cfPWV (m/s) 0.247 ± 0.104 2.4% 0.02 1.01 ± 0.19 11.2% <0.0001
Hypertension (yes) 1.245 ± 0.786 1.1% 0.11 4.72 ± 1.46 4.3% 0.001
CV disease (yes) 1.420 ± 1.215 0.6% 0.24 1.73 ± 2.31 0.2% 0.45
Diabetes (yes) 7.505 ± 4.199 1.4% 0.08 3.68 ± 6.55 0.1% 0.57
Metabolic syndrome (yes) 0.599 ± 0.783 0.2% 0.44 4.28 ± 1.46 3.6% 0.004
BMI (kg/m2) 0.213 ± 0.099 2.0% 0.03 0.55 ± 0.18 3.7% 0.003

Age adjusted
Women −0.72 ± 0.85 0.3% 0.40 −2.36 ± 1.53 0.9% 0.12
PP (mmHg) 0.072 ± 0.028 2.7% 0.01 0.078 ± 0.05 0.9% 0.13
HR (min−1) 0.054 ± 0.037 0.9% 0.15 0.18 ± 0.07 2.9% 0.006
cIMT (mm) 9.75 ± 4.16 2.3% 0.02 15.72 ± 7.46 1.7% 0.04
Carotid plaque (yes) −0.22 ± 0.87 0.0% 0.80 2.42 ± 1..50 1.0% 0.11
cfPWV (m/s) 0.20 ± 0.12 1.2% 0.10 0.66 ± 0.21 3.4% 0.003
Hypertension (yes) 0.81 ± 0.86 0.4% 0.35 1.93 ± 1.54 0.6% 0.21
CV disease (yes) 1.16 ± 1.22 0.4% 0.34 0.22 ± 2.20 0.0% 0.92
Diabetes (yes) 7.74 ± 4.18 1.5% 0.07 2.70 ± 6.19 0.1% 0.66
Metabolic syndrome (yes) 0.26 ± 0.81 0.1% 0.75 2.45 ± 1.44 1.1% 0.09
BMI (kg/m2) 0.21 ± 0.10 2.0% 0.03 0.54 ± 0.17 3.6% 0.002

Model 1
Age (years) −0.0.30 ± 0.05 0.1% 0.56 0.20 ± 0.09 1.7% 0.03
PP (mmHg) 0.057 ± 0.029 1.6% 0.053 0.46
HR (min−1) 0.15 0.15 ± 0.07 1.8% 0.02
cIMT (mm) 7.26 ± 4.32 1.2% 0.09 13.26 ± 7.40 1.1% 0.07
Carotid plaque (yes) 0.17 0.41
cfPWV (m/s) 0.44 0.48 ± 0.22 1.7% 0.03
Model 5.2% 18.4%

Model 2
Age (years) −0.030 ± 0.05 0.1% 0.56 0.20 ± 0.09 1.8% 0.02
PP (mmHg) 0.057 ± 0.029 1.6% 0.053 0.79
HR (min−1) 0.15 0.14 ± 0.06 1.7% 0.03
cIMT (mm) 7.26 ± 4.32 1.2% 0.09 14.65 ± 7.45 1.4% 0.05
Carotid plaque (yes) 0.17 0.57
cfPWV (m/s) 0.44 0.35 ± 0.21 1.0% 0.10
Hypertesion (yes) 0.65 0.54
CV disease (yes) 0.35 0.59
Diabetes (yes) 0.11 0.79
Metabolic syndrome (yes) 0.56 0.63
BMI (kg/m2) 0.2 0.41 ± 0.17 1.8% 0.02
Model 5.2% 20.8%

Regr coeff: regression coefficient; SE: standard error; prob level: probability level.