Salivary biochemical parameters in people living with HIV on ART and dental caries: a cross-sectional study in Monastir, Tunisia

Table 6 Correlation between DMFT, age, ART, serum CD4 and salivary parameters in Test group (n = 50) and in Control group (n = 50)

DMFT/TG	r	p. value	DMFT/CG	r	p. value
Age	-0.19	0.17	Age	0.404	0.004*
ART	-0.14	0.39	^a–-	–-	–-
CD4	0.01	0.93	^b–-	–-	–-
Sodium	0.24	0.09	Sodium	0.08	0.56
Potassium	0.30	0.031*	Potassium	-0.30	0.034*
Urea	0.30	0.033*	Urea	-0.23	0.09
Chlorides	0.31	0.026*	Chlorides	-0.17	0.23
Phosphorus	0.24	0.08	Phosphorus	-0.25	0.08
Calcium	-0.11	0.41	Calcium	0.13	0.34
Amylase	-0.07	0.61	Amylase	-0.18	0.19
Albumin	-0.02	0.89	Albumin	0.03	0.82
Phosphatase alkaline	0.05	0.72	Phosphatase alkaline	0.15	0.28
Total proteins	0.19	0.17	Total proteins	-0.14	0.22
sIgA	0.12	0.38	sIgA	0.15	0.27
Uric acid	0.17	0.22	Uric acid	-0.30	0.029*
Age	-0.19	0.17	Age	0.40	0.004*
SFR	-0.15	0.29	SFR	0.11	0.41

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