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. 2020 Jul 6;20:190. doi: 10.1186/s12903-020-01182-8

Table 3.

Distribution of salivary parameters in adolescents from 12 to 14 years from Mexico by sex

Boysn = 198 Girlsn = 223 p
Mean (SDa) Mean (SDa)
Resting pH 6.91 (±0.55) 6.99 (±0.50) 0.038b
Salivary pH stimulated 7.29 (±0.28) 7.24 (±0.27) 0.048b
Flow rate
  ≥ 1 ml per-min 101 (51.0) 92 (41.3) 0.045c
  < 1 ml per-min 97 (49.0) 131 (58.7)
Buffer capacity
 High 35 (17.8) 16 (7.1) < 0.001c
 Medium 128 (65.0) 134 (59.8)
 Low 34 (17.2) 74 (33.1)

aSD Standard Deviation bWilcoxon rank-sum (Mann-Whitney) test cChi-squared test