TABLE 3.
Analyte levels in oral fluids presented in relation to output and protein contenta
| Sample and group (no. of men) | β2M
|
sTNFαR
|
NPT
|
Protein
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Output (μg/min) | Ratio (μg/mg) | Output (pg/min) | Ratio (pg/mg) | Output (pmol/min) | Ratio (pmol/mg) | Output (μg/min) | |
| OMT | |||||||
| Healthy controls (35) | 0.30 (0.15) | 0.39 (0.16) | 20.16 (16.29) | 26.57 (18.02) | 1.93 (0.62) | 2.69 (0.86) | 744.7 (199.1) |
| HIV seronegative (16) | 0.24 (0.18) | 0.27 (0.13) | 37.12 (38.76) | 40.17 (31.04) | 1.74 (0.41) | 2.41 (0.72) | 804.0 (393.1) |
| HIV seropositive (29) | 0.77 (0.47)b | 0.81 (0.46)b | 32.96 (29.21)b | 35.50 (30.30) | 2.07 (0.53) | 2.36 (0.67) | 964.4 (439.4)b |
| Saliva | |||||||
| Healthy controls (22) | 0.57 (0.28) | 0.68 (0.33) | 6.69 (8.61) | 7.51 (8.07) | 2.03 (0.87) | 2.36 (0.98) | 920.6 (275.4) |
| HIV seronegative (7) | 1.06 (1.32) | 1.07 (0.60) | 17.68 (26.46) | 25.36 (28.74) | 2.04 (0.65) | 4.35 (4.25) | 788.1 (558.4) |
| HIV seropositive (13) | 1.77 (0.88)b | 1.86 (0.71)b | 16.55 (12.41)b | 17.04 (12.84)b | 2.09 (0.39) | 2.36 (0.54) | 932.9 (271.5) |
a
Values are means and standard deviations (in parentheses).
b
P < 0.05 versus controls.