Table 3 Salivary gland function and dental characteristics of the stroke and healthy controls.

From: Salivary cytokine profile in patients with ischemic stroke

 

Control

n = 25

Stroke

n = 25

p value

Mean ± SD

95% CI

Mean ± SD

95% CI

NWS

Flow rate (mL/min)

0.33 ± 0.08461

0.2951–0.3649

0.394 ± 0.2459

0.2925–0.4955

0.2245

Total protein (μg/mL)

1220 ± 174

1148–1292

1141 ± 281.5

1025–1257

0.2391

SWS

Flow rate (mL/min)

0.9112 ± 0.2629

0.8027–1.02

0.5796 ± 0.2454

0.4783–0.6809

< 0.0001

Total protein (μg/mL)

1310 ± 172.3

1239–1382

947 ± 244.8

846–1048

< 0.0001

DMFT

24.4 ± 7.848

21.16–27.64

23.08 ± 7.989

19.78–26.38

0.5584

GI

0.8136 ± 0.8085

0.4799–1.147

0.72 ± 0.7294

0.4189–1.021

0.6693

PlI

1.254 ± 0.9743

0.8514–1.656

1.234 ± 0.9953

0.8228–1.644

0.9431

  1. NWS non-stimulated whole saliva; SWS stimulated whole saliva; DMFT index a sum of decayed teeth (DT), teeth missing due to carious process (MT), and teeth filled because of caries (FT); GI Gingival Index; PlI Plaque Index.
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