Table 2.

Comparison of physical and chemical property of stimulated saliva in case and control groups.

	Case Mean with SD	Control Mean with SD	p-value	Significance
Flow rate	0.38 ± 0.07	1.25 ± 0.68	0.000	Highly significant
pH	6.87 ± 0.56	6.86 ± 0.41	0.941	Not significant
Viscosity	1.34 ± 0.28	1.53 ± 0.28	0.001	Highly significant
Sodium	10.65 ± 6.39	4.37 ± 1.80	0.000	Highly significant
Potassium	14.16 ± 2.32	2.73 ± 0.94	0.000	Highly significant
Phosphorous	1.00 ± 0.69	3.89 ± 2.76	0.000	Highly significant
Calcium	28.04 ± 3.99	2.80 ± 0.79	0.000	Highly significant