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Table 1 Demographics and salivary flow rates in patients with BMS

From: Effects of self-perceived psychological stress on clinical symptoms, cortisol, and cortisol/ACTH ratio in patients with burning mouth syndrome

 

Non-psychological stress (n=73)

Psychological stress (n=68)

 

Mean ± SD or n (%)

Mean ± SD or n (%)

p-value

Demographics

 Male a

11 (15.1%)

13 (19.1%)

0.655

 Female a

62 (84.9%)

55 (80.9%)

 

 Age (years) b

56.03 ± 14.90

56.39 ± 12.89

0.875

Clinical characteristics

 VAS b

4.82 ± 2.00

5.76 ± 1.89

0.005**

 Symptom duration (months) b

25.38 ± 53.37

43.13 ± 131.34

0.289

 Chronic condition a

35 (47.9%)

37 (54.4%)

0.501

 Xerostomia a

25 (34.2%)

46 (67.6%)

<0.001***

 Sleep problem a

31 (42.5%)

33 (48.5%)

0.290

Salivary flow rate

 UFR (mL/min) b

0.91 ± 0.53

0.66 ± 0.59

0.008**

 SFR (mL/min) b

1.51 ± 0.77

1.26 ± 0.88

0.079

  1. a: Results were obtained using the chi-square test. b: b Results obtained using the Mann–Whitney U test. **: p<0.01. ***: p<0.001. Statistical significance was set at p<0.05. The results are shown in bold. VAS, visual analog scale; UFR Unstimulated salivary flow rate, SFR Stimulated salivary flow rate; n number, SD Standard deviation
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