From: Stimulated saliva composition in patients with cancer of the head and neck region
Code | Dry mouth | Sticky saliva | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pretreat | 6 mo | 1 year | 2 years | Pretreat | 6 mo | 1 year | 2 years | |
1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Mean | 1.2 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.8 |