Sialometry of Upper Labial Minor Glands: A Clinical Approach by the Use of Weighing Method Schirmer’s Test Strips Paper

Table 2

Age and secretion rates of major and minor salivary glands among groups.

	SFR				𝑃 value
	Severe hypo (𝑛=24)	Mild hypo (𝑛=78)	Normo (𝑛=42)	Total (𝑛=144)	Among groups*	Between groups**
Age^a
Mean	58.8	47.7	38.8	47.9	<0.001	0.001^†; <0.001^‡; 0.014^§
SD	11.3	18.4	13.8	17.1
95% CI for mean
Lower bound	55.0	43.1	34.4	45.0
Upper bound	62.5	52.2	43.0	50.7
UWS^b
Mean	0.02	0.28	0.73	0.37	<0.001	<0.001†,‡,§
SD	0.03	0.14	0.35	0.33
95% CI for mean
Lower bound	0.01	0.25	0.62	0.31
Upper bound	0.03	0.31	0.84	0.42
SWS^b
Mean	0.21	0.71	1.62	0.89	<0.001	<0.001†,‡,§
SD	0.21	0.36	0.55	0.65
95% CI for mean
Lower bound	0.12	0.62	1.45	0.78
Upper bound	0.30	0.79	1.79	1.00
LS^c
Mean	3.20	5.86	9.08	6.35	<0.001	<0.001^†, ‡; 0.001^§
SD	1.76	3.98	4.65	4.38
95% CI for mean
Lower bound	2.46	4.96	7.63	5.63
Upper bound	3.94	6.75	10.53	7.08
PS^c
Mean	1.01	1.72	2.44	1.81	0.014	0.02^†; 0.003^‡; 0.239^§
SD	0.79	1.82	2.51	1.98
95% CI for mean
Lower bound	0.68	1.31	1.66	1.49
Upper bound	1.34	2.13	3.22	2.14

Grouping variable: salivary flow rates (SFR).
^aYears.
^bmL/min.
^cμL/cm²/min.
*ANOVA with 0.05 level of significance.
**Games-Howell post hoc test with 0.05 level of significance.
^†Between groups I and II; ^‡between groups I and III; §between groups II and III.