Assessment of Salivary Adipokines Resistin, Visfatin, and Ghrelin as Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Biomarkers

Table 1

Demographic characteristics, HbA1c, and total salivary protein content.

		Healthy	T2DM
Number of individuals	M	10	12
	F	10	8
Age (yrs)		48 (range: 42–55)	56.5 (range: 45–58)
% A1C			7.85
			Range: 6–12
Salivary protein (mg/mL)		3.4 ± 1.6	5.4 ± 1.9