Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of the biochemical composition of saliva and blood plasma.
| Indicator | Saliva, n = 107 |
Blood plasma, n = 107 |
Correlation coefficient | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Me [LQ; UQ] | MIN-MAX | Me [LQ; UQ] | MIN-MAX | ||
| рН | 6.50 [6.32; 6.68] | 4.93–7.25 | 7.60 [7.50; 7.80] | 6.54–7.99 | 0.3015* |
| Calcium, mmol/L | 1.19 [0.88; 1.51] | 0.28–3.02 | 2.39 [2.08; 2.67] | 0.70–6.74 | 0.3213* |
| Phosphorus, mmol/L | 2.96 [2.39; 3.61] | 0.60–6.92 | 1.15 [0.95; 1.58] | 0.54–4.55 | 0.0990 |
| Chlorides, mmol/L | 20.73 [15.70; 24.42] | 4.04–41.48 | 70.77 [65.26; 76.29] | 58.85–92.35 | 0.0741 |
| Magnesium, mmol/L | 0.254 [0.192; 0.338] | 0.034–0.621 | 0.824 [0.730; 0.902] | 0.358–1.230 | −0.2481* |
| Protein, g/L | 0.47 [0.35; 0.65] | 0.04–1.41 | 60.00 [52.50; 67.50] | 25.00–102.50 | 0.0456 |
| Albumin, mmol/L | 0.259 [0.169; 0.394] | 0.038–1.624 | 40.69 [37.89; 44.38] | 28.36–52.59 | −0.1086 |
| Urea, mmol/L | 8.28 [5.48; 10.35] | 0.11–17.27 | 4.09 [3.17; 4.75] | 1.84–9.30 | 0.1977* |
| Uric acid, nmol/mL | 59.58 [32.11; 107.14] | 4.59–451.83 | 261.90 [216.67; 307.14] | 110.09–392.86 | 0.2315* |
| Sialic acids, mmol/L | 0.122 [0.098; 0.171] | 0.031–0.513 | 3.15 [2.54; 3.72] | 0.90–7.84 | −0.1570 |
| ALT, U/L | 3.38 [2.23; 4.38] | 0.85–14.54 | 8.15 [6.92; 10.00] | 2.69–16.62 | 0.4077* |
| AST, U/L | 3.92 [2.83; 5.67] | 0.67–19.33 | 8.08 [6.83; 9.50] | 3.17–17.08 | 0.1193 |
| AST/ALT | 1.30 [0.96; 1.59] | 0.31–3.20 | 0.94 [0.81; 1.19] | 0.52–3.43 | 0.0898 |
| ALP, U/L | 69.54 [47.81; 99.96] | 15.21–517.17 | 323.78 [271.63; 386.79] | 117.34–727.96 | 0.0002 |
| LDH, U/L | 1281.5 [905.6; 1911.0] | 193.6–2849.0 | 690.5 [596.6; 762.6] | 334.0–1154.4 | 0.3521* |
| GGT, U/L | 19.6 [17.5; 22.3] | 13.8–30.6 | 32.3 [27.1; 38.2] | 16.0–124.3 | 0.1032 |
| Catalase, ncat/L | 3.65 [2.84; 4.85] | 1.64–8.96 | 22.9 [17.3; 39.2] | 0.135–0.723 | 0.0641 |