Correlation between Taste Threshold Sensitivity and MMP-9, Salivary Secretion, Blood Pressure, and Blood Glucose Levels in Smoking and Nonsmoking Women

Table 2

Correlation of the sweet taste threshold with age, MMP-9, salivary secretion, and glucose levels.

Correlation of sweet taste threshold	Smoking (n = 24)		Nonsmoking (n = 49)		Combined (n = 73)
	r		r		r
(1) Age	−0.297	0.158	0.184	0.206	0.308	0.008
(2) Salivary volume	−0.006	0.977	0.059	0.689	−0.026	0.830
(3) Salivary pH	0.381	0.067	−0.026	0.857	0.062	0.600
(4) Glucose level	−0.235	0.269	0.164	0.261	0.238	0.043
(5) Duration of smoking	−0.165	0.441	—	—	—	—
(6) Number cigarettes/day	−0.251	0.236	—	—	—	—
(7) MMP-9	0.037	0.865	−0.250	0.083	−0.297	0.011