Correlation of Salivary Statherin and Calcium Levels with Dental Calculus Formation: A Preliminary Study

Table 2

Comparison of salivary calcium and statherin levels based on the calculus scores.

Calculus; score		Mean ± Sd
		Salivary calcium; (mg/ml)	Salivary statherin; (µg/ml)
Group I; (low calculus group)	16	3.44 ± 0.44	1.02 ± 0.99
Group II; (medium calculus group)	32	3.76 ± 3.33	1.01 ± 0.80
Group III; (high Calculus group)	22	6.12 ± 1.30	0.85 ± 0.97
-value		0.71 (NS)

statistically significant; applied Kruskal-Wallis test; nonsignificant (NS).