Table 1 |
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Salivary flow rate, pH, and concentrations of calcium, phosphate, and sIgA in pregnant and non-pregnant women. |
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| Variable |
Pregnant (n = 22) |
Non-pregnant (n = 22) |
P* |
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| Mean |
SD |
Mean |
SD |
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| Salivary flow rate (mL/min) |
0.59 |
0.37 |
0.64 |
0.33 |
0.652 |
| PH |
6.7 |
0.4 |
7.5 |
0.4 |
<0.001 |
| Calcium (mmol/L) |
1.1 |
0.3 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
0.252 |
| Phosphate (mmol/L) |
5.6 |
1.9 |
5.6 |
2.3 |
0.803 |
| sIgA (mg/L) |
118.9 |
47.0 |
90.1 |
35.0 |
0.026 |
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* Student t test for independent samples (for salivary flow rate) and ANCOVA (for salivary pH, and concentrations of calcium, phosphate, and sIgA; covariate: salivary flow rate), two-tailed α = 0.05. | |||||
Rockenbach et al. Head & Face Medicine 2006 2:44 doi:10.1186/1746-160X-2-44 |
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