Table 2.

Biochemical composition of saliva and blood plasma depending on gender.

Indicator	Saliva		Blood plasma
	Female, n = 46	Male, n = 61	Female, n = 46	Male, n = 61
Flow rate, mL/min	0.82 [0.68; 0.96]	0.88 [0.70; 0.99]	–	–
рН	6.50 [6.32; 6.68]	6.51 [6.32; 6.67]	7.64 [7.51; 7.80]	7.59 [7.48; 7.80]
Calcium, mmol/L	1.12 [0.79; 1.45]	1.21 [0.94; 1.57]	2.18 [1.94; 2.61]	2.45 [2.19; 2.75]
			p = 0.0246
Phosphorus, mmol/L	2.94 [2.33; 3.65]	2.99 [2.46; 3.52]	1.13 [0.96; 1.61]	1.16 [0.88; 1.57]
Chlorides, mmol/L	18.90 [15.42; 23.75]	21.10 [16.18; 24.84]	70.77 [65.38; 75.00]	71.01 [65.15; 78.02]
Magnesium, mmol/L	0.252 [0.180; 0.321]	0.273 [0.214; 0.343]	0.834 [0.749; 0.902]	0.820 [0.719; 0.895]
Protein, g/L	0.42 [0.30; 0.63]	0.50 [0.37; 0.71]	60.00 [52.50; 65.00]	62.50 [52.50; 70.00]
Urea, mmol/L	7.20 [4.57; 10.27]	8.59 [5.61; 10.40]	3.71 [2.90; 4.53]	4.22 [3.44; 4.81]
			p = 0.0295
Albumin, mmol/L	0.207 [0.142; 0.325]	0.300 [0.223; 0.413]	40.30 [38.28; 42.64]	41.72 [36.14; 45.32]
	p = 0.0192
Uric acid, nmol/mL	54.76 [29.82; 95.24]	68.81 [33.33; 112.39]	235.71 [173.81; 275.23]	292.86 [250.00; 345.24]
			p˂0.0001
Sialic acids, mmol/L	0.110 [0.085; 0.146]	0.128 [0.098; 0.195]	3.18 [2.62; 4.14]	3.06 [2.54; 3.44]
ALT, U/L	3.31 [2.15; 4.31]	3.38 [2.62; 4.46]	7.92 [6.54; 9.46]	8.62 [7.31; 10.85]
AST, U/L	3.88 [2.17; 5.58]	4.08 [3.08; 6.00]	7.92 [6.58; 9.25]	8.17 [7.00; 9.58]
AST/ALT	1.21 [0.91; 1.57]	1.36 [1.02; 1.62]	0.96 [0.86; 1.22]	0.91 [0.78; 1.18]
ALP, U/L	71.71 [49.98; 99.96]	67.36 [47.81; 93.44]	305.31 [271.63; 343.33]	347.68 [291.18; 404.18]
			p = 0.0202
LDH, U/L	1176.0 [822.2; 1886.0]	1496.0 [978.5; 1975.5]	698.0 [596.6; 757.7]	673.1 [598.6; 781.4]
GGT, U/L	19.4 [17.7; 23.0]	19.7 [17.5;22.1]	29.1 [26.8; 36.2]	33.9 [28.2; 43.9]
Catalase, ncat/L	3.42 [2.72; 4.69]	3.82 [3.25; 4.92]	22.7 [16.8; 38.4]	23.3 [19.3; 39.5]