Differences in Salivary Flow Level, Xerostomia, and Flavor Alteration in Mexican HIV Patients Who Did or Did Not Receive Antiretroviral Therapy

Table 2

Salivary flow and hyposalivation between groups.

	With HAART		Without HAART		OR and significance
Salivary flow	Mean and DS		Mean and DS
	36.3 ± 22.2		43.4 ± 27.7		P = 0.031*
Hyposalivation	𝑛	%	𝑛	%
With	74	75.5%	24	24.5%	P = 0.047^Δ
					OR = 0.557 (CI 0.323–0.962)
Without	122	63.2%	71	36.8%

Resource: Civil Hospital “Fray Antonio Alcalde” HIV Unit.
^Δ𝜒² test; confidence interval percentage of 95%.
∗Student’s t-Test.