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

 ^*Values (RU/mL) have been provided in Table 2.