From: Saliva as a potential tool for cystic fibrosis diagnosis
Parameter | CF patients (n=80) | Healthy subjects (n=84) | p-value*** | p-value corrected by Bonferroni test | ||
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Mean ± SD (95% CI) | Median | Mean ± SD (95% CI) | Median | |||
Calcium* | 2.03± 0.99 (0.30 – 4.65) | 1.85 | 2.15 ± 2.79 (0.71 – 23) | 1.61 | 0.114 | 1 |
Glucose* | 13.02 ± 18.69 (3 – 147) | 8 | 9.25± 3.56 (3 – 20) | 9.5 | 0.932 | 1 |
Lactate* | 0.91 ± 0,89 (0.2 – 5.6) | 0.7 | 0.81± 0.74 (0.1 – 4.3) | 0.6 | 0.463 | 1 |
Chloride* | 27.82 ± 13.47 (12 – 89) | 26 | 18.04 ± 8.3 (8 – 43) | 16 | <0.001 | <0.009 |
Volume** | 0.63 ± 0.3 (0.1– 1.5) | 0.6 | 0.8 ± 0.5 (0 – 2) | 1 | <0.001 | <0.009 |
Ph | 6.86 ± 0.45 (6.27 – 7.8) | 6.83 | 7.17 ± 0,44 (6.3 – 7.85) | 7.2 | <0.001 | <0.009 |
Potassium* | 19.66± 3.25 (10.8 – 24.8) | 19.55 | 16.82 ± 3.22 (6.5 -24) | 17.20 | <0.001 | <0.009 |
Sodium* | 19.90 ± 9.3 (8 – 48) | 17.5 | 12.26 ± 4.31 (7 – 29) | 11 | <0.001 | <0.009 |
Bicarbonate* | 5.53 ± 3.98 (0 – 22) | 3 | 3.58 ± 3.98 (0 -16) | 1.95 | 0.051 | 0.459 |