Research Article

Oral Yeast Colonization and Fungal Infections in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: A Pilot Study

Table 4

Smoking habits, oral hygiene, and saliva biochemistry of peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients and controls.

PD patientsControls value

Smoking habits
 Past (%)58.3%40.9%0.331
 Present (%)16.7%22.7%>0.999
Visual plaque index (%)56 (16, 100)69 (14, 100)0.489
Saliva biochemistry
 Flow rate (mL min−1)0.41 (0.05, 1.06)0.26 (0.10, 1.04)0.432
 pH8.0 (6.5, 8.0)6.8 (6.2, 8.0)<0.001
 Urea (mg dL−1)110.41 ± 36.6447.85 ± 23.88<0.001
 Phosphorus (mg dL−1)22.76 ± 8.1918.58 ± 16.860.486
 IgA (mg dL−1)143.0 (126.0, 178.0)136.5 (30.0, 167.0)0.361
 Amylase (U L−1)309.45 (127.40, 757.50)562.6 (312.90, 571.10)0.310

Results are prevalence (%), median (min, max) or mean ± SD; PD, peritoneal dialysis. .