Table 3 Correlation between Calcitonin Gene Related Peptide (CGRP) with NRS, VRS, VAS and MPQ scores by Spearman’s rank correlation.

From: Human salivary concentrations of brain derived neurotrophic factor correlates with subjective pain intensity associated with initial orthodontic therapy

Variables

Time points

T1

T2

T3

T4

Spearman R

p-value

Spearman R

p-value

Spearman R

p-value

Spearman R

p-value

NRS

T0

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

T1

− 0.1447

0.3731

      

T2

  

− 0.0203

0.9013

    

T3

    

− 0.1519

0.3495

  

T4

      

− 0.1845

0.2545

VRS

T0

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

T1

− 0.1553

0.3388

      

T2

  

0.0143

0.9302

    

T3

    

− 0.0759

0.6415

  

T4

      

− 0.2079

0.1980

VAS

T0

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

T1

− 0.1447

0.3731

      

T2

  

− 0.0203

0.9013

    

T3

    

− 0.1519

0.3495

  

T4

      

− 0.1845

0.2545

MPQ

T0

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

T1

− 0.2657

0.0976

      

T2

  

0.0022

0.9891

    

T3

    

− 0.0691

0.6719

  

T4

      

− 0.1918

0.2359

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