Table 3.

Correlations (r_s values) between SSI scores and dental conditions, salivary flow rates and Candida counts.

SSI Summary and Domain Scores	DS	MS	FS	DMFS	UWS Flow Rate	SWS Flow Rate	Candida Counts in Oral Rinse	Candida Counts in Dental Plaque
SSI summary score	0.07	0.01	0.26 **	0.20 *	−0.26 **	−0.36 **	0.28 **	0.28 **
Ocular domain score	0.03	−0.12	0.18 *	0.03	−0.26 **	−0.28 **	0.25 *	0.24 *
Oral domain score	0.13	−0.01	0.40 **	0.25 *	−0.40 **	−0.44 **	0.42 **	0.49 **
Vaginal domain score	−0.08	0.02	0.07	0.11	−0.10	−0.20 *	0.10	0.08
Cutaneous domain score	0.08	0.12	0.21 *	0.21 *	−0.048	−0.18	0.16	0.15

SSI: Sicca Symptoms Inventory; DS: decayed surface; MS: missing surface; FS: filled surface; DMFS: decayed, missing, filled surface; UWS: unstimulated whole saliva; SWS: stimulated whole saliva. * p < 0.05, Spearman’s correlation ** p < 0.005, Spearman’s correlation.