Table 2.
Statistical differences and interactions of both salivary lactoperoxidase and salivary histatin-5 among control and study groups.
| Two-way ANOVA test | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Salivary lactoperoxidase | |||
| Variables | Two-way ANOVA test | ||
| F-test | P value | ||
| Early childhood caries | 468.64 | 0.000** | |
| Nutritional status | 48.46 | 0.000** | |
| Early childhood caries*nutritional status | 1.31 | 0.275 | |
| Salivary histatin-5 | |||
| Variable | Two-way ANOVA test | ||
| F-test | P value | ||
| Early childhood caries | 681.17 | 0.000** | |
| Nutritional status | 35.58 | 0.000** | |
| Early childhood caries*nutritional status | 1.67 | 0.17 | |
| Two-way MANOVA test | |||
| Variables | F-test | P value | Wilks, ^ |
| Early childhood caries | 184.62 | 0.000** | 0.028 |
| Nutritional status | 25.83 | 0.000** | 0.682 |
| Early childhood caries*nutritional status | 4.046 | 0.004** | 0.753 |
**
Highly significant.