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. 2021 Dec 10;11(12):2330. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics11122330

Figure 4.

Figure 4

MUC8 concentrations in salivary stones from the excretory ducts of the submandibular glands in relation to sex (a) and age (b). The concentrations of MUC8 are shown in ng/mL for each single stone analyzed (n = 14, Table 1). The MUC8 concentrations shown in the bar chart (a) illustrate the large scatter of concentration values between stones (Table 1). Statistically, the MUC8 concentrations determined are significantly higher in female patients (a; p ≤ 0.038). When considering MUC8 values in over and under 50-year-old patients, no significant difference can be detected (b; p ≤ 0.8178) (* p ≤ 0.05).