Research Article
Residual Salivary Secretion Ability May Be a Useful Marker for Differential Diagnosis in Autoimmune Diseases
Table 1
Differences between resting and capsaicin-stimulated colored spots’ number in 3 groups.
| | Number of colored spots on the filter paper | Number of colored spots on the filter paper containing capsaicin | |
| SjS group ( = 26) | 3.9 ± 0.2 | 3.4 ± 0.7 | < 0.001 | SSc group ( = 12) | 4.0 ± 0.1 | 3.5 ± 0.7 | < 0.05 | Non-SjS/non-SSc group ( = 20) | 3.6 ± 0.4 | 2.7 ± 1.2 | < 0.01 |
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Mean ± SD.
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