Table 1 General characteristics and biochemical indices of the participants.

Parameters		Total (Mean ± S.D.)			Healthy individuals (Mean ± S.D.)			Sialolithiasis patients (Mean ± S.D.)			P value
Anthropometric measurement	Male		22			10			12
	Female		32			17			15
	Age (years)	41	±	13.92	39.81	±	12.12	42.19	±	15.66	0.863
	Height (cm)	166.97	±	8.31	166.49	±	7.02	167.45	±	9.54	0.667
	Weight (kg)	66.67	±	12.79	65.39	±	12.62	67.94	±	13.07	0.446
	BMI (kg/m²)	23.84	±	3.79	23.46	±	3.38	24.22	±	4.18	0.47
Biochemical Indices	WBC	6.43	±	1.65	6.54	±	1.53	6.34	±	1.76	0.644
	N	59.39	±	9.32	62	±	10.41	57.26	±	7.9	0.076
	Lympho	31.43	±	8.51	29.63	±	9.15	32.89	±	7.82	0.186
	Mono	6.68	±	1.78	6.35	±	1.73	6.95	±	1.81	0.243
	Eosino	1.89	±	1.43	1.52	±	0.87	2.2	±	1.72	0.277
	Hb	14.01	±	1.42	13.99	±	1.34	14.03	±	1.52	0.926
	PLT	264.92	±	69.85	272.14	±	66.85	259.04	±	72.93	0.527
	Glu	94.9	±	9.9	92.73	±	6.75	99.23	±	13.6	0.18
	BUN	13.24	±	3.94	12.68	±	3.77	13.77	±	4.1	0.329
	Cr	0.75	±	0.15	0.77	±	0.17	0.72	±	0.12	0.303
	T.Ca	9.65	±	0.29	9.5	±	0.19	9.68	±	0.3	0.174
	P	3.6	±	0.54	3.36	±	0.7	3.64	±	0.51	0.291
Oral health behavior	Alcohol drinking (cups per week)	4.032	±	7.56	3.713	±	6.28	4.35	±	8.757	0.759
	Alcohol drinking (frequency per week)	0.954	±	1.23	1.176	±	1.358	0.73	±	1.07	0.188
	Water intake (cups per day)	4.361	±	2.4656	4.09	±	0.43	4.63	±	0.52	0.673
	Toothbrush (frequency per day)	2.648	±	0.6773	2.96	±	0.06	2.33	±	0.15	0.000*
	Dental floss (frequency per day)	0.370	±	0.4874	0.407	±	0.5	0.33	±	0.48	0.58

Anthropometric measurements and biochemical indices are represented as the mean ± standard deviation. Differences between the control and stone groups were analyzed using an unpaired t-test and one-way analysis of variance, followed by Tukey’s post-hoc test.

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