Table 4.

Analysis of covariance in the prediction of BMI and systolic blood pressure by salivary biomarkers (N = 94, correlation coefficients = 0.48 for BMI and 0.42 for systolic bp).

	p-Value
Source	BMI	Systolic BP
Age	0.60	0.24
Sex	0.27	0.57
N1-methyl-2-pyridone-5-carboxamide (2PY)	0.01	0.12
Urate	0.45	0.04
Acisoga	0.65	0.81
Phosphate	0.53	0.81
Isobutyrylcarnitine	0.19	0.03