Table 1.
Comparison of physical and chemical property of unstimulated saliva in case and control groups.
|
Case Mean with SD |
Control Mean with SD |
p-value | Significance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow rate | 0.34 ± 0.06 | 0.39 ± 0.03 | 0.000 | Highly significant |
| pH | 5.89 ± 0.37 | 6.44 ± 0.58 | 0.000 | Highly significant |
| Viscosity | 1.22 ± 0.22 | 1.32 ± 0.26 | 0.118 | Not significant |
| Sodium | 6.17 ± 3.14 | 4.00 ± 1.50 | 0.001 | Highly significant |
| Potassium | 10.60 ± 6.85 | 2.21 ± 0.81 | 0.000 | Highly significant |
| Phosphorous | 1.50 ± 1.57 | 4.42 ± 2.74 | 0.000 | Highly significant |
| Calcium | 27.57 ± 1.75 | 2.58 ± 0.89 | 0.000 | Highly significant |