Research Article
Salivary Desmoglein Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Diagnosis of Pemphigus Vulgaris: A Noninvasive Alternative Test to Serum Assessment
Table 4
Pearson’s correlation of serum and salivary Dsgs values in all 86 PV patients and 62 PV patients with mucocutaneous phenotype.
| | Values* | Correlation coefficient (r) | P |
| In all patients () | Serum anti-Dsg-1 | Serum anti-Dsg-3 | 0.332 | 0.002 | Saliva anti-Dsg-1 | Saliva anti-Dsg-3 | 0.629 | <0.001 | Serum anti-Dsg-1 | Saliva anti-Dsg-1 | 0.337 | 0.001 | Serum anti-Dsg-3 | Saliva anti-Dsg-3 | 0.435 | <0.001 |
| In patients with mucocutaneous phenotype () | Serum anti-Dsg-1 | Serum anti-Dsg-3 | 0.271 | 0.033 | Saliva anti-Dsg-1 | Saliva anti Dsg-3 | 0.659 | <0.001 | Serum anti-Dsg-1 | Saliva anti Dsg-1 | 0.319 | 0.012 | Serum anti-Dsg-3 | Saliva anti Dsg-3 | 0.353 | 0.005 |
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*Values (RU/mL) have been provided in Table 2.
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