Oxidative Modification of Biomolecules in the Nonstimulated and Stimulated Saliva of Patients with Morbid Obesity Treated with Bariatric Surgery

Table 1

Demographic data, general health, stomatological findings, salivary flow, and protein concentration of the control and morbid obese patients at the baseline and 6 months after bariatric surgery (mean ± standard deviation).

	C ()	O ()	ABS ()
Male/female	14/33	14/33	14/33
Age	42.80 ± 13.10	44.52 ± 10.51	45.12 ± 11.11
BMI (kg/m^2)	20.61 ± 2.31	47.10 ± 0.81	22.30 ± 3.4
TC (mg/dL)	147.51 ± 12.8	210.70 ± 10.05	160.3 ± 11.10
LDL (mg/dL)	105.70 ± 25.30	180.40 ± 15.81	119.30 ± 24.11
HDL (mg/dL)	43.23 ± 2.15	29.31 ± 1.12	38.23 ± 2.10
DMFT	20.50 ± 7	18.50 ± 9	18.50 ± 9
SBI	0.84 ± 0.10	0.9 ± 0.10	0.9 ± 0.10
CAL (mm)	2.7 ± 0.3	2.8 ± 0.5	2.8 ± 0.5
PPD (mm)	2.5 ± 1.1	2.7 ± 0.5	2.7 ± 0.5
NS (mL/min)	0.41 ± 0.10	0.28 ± 0.04	0.39 ± 0.17
S (mL/min)	1.21 ± 0.10	0.74 ± 0.20	0.76 ± 0.21
TP (NS) (mg/mL)	0.84 ± 0.01	0.64 ± 0.02	0.80 ± 0.05
TP (S) (mg/mL)	1.04 ± 0.25	0.75 ± 0.04	0.97 ± 0.22

C, control; O, morbid obese patients; ABS, patients after the bariatric surgery; BMI, body mass index; TC, total cholesterol; LDL, low density lipoprotein; HDL, high density lipoprotein; DMFT, decayed, missing, filled teeth; SBI, Sulcus Bleeding Index; CAL, clinical attachment loss; PPD, periodontal pocket depth; NS, unstimulated saliva secretion; S, stimulated saliva secretion; TP, total protein. C:O, O:ABS, ABS:C.