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

Table 5

The partial correlation between the salt taste threshold and various variables when smoking is used as a covariate.

The partial correlation of salt taste threshold	r	value
(1) Age	0.085	0.479
(2) Salivary volume	0.017	0.885
(3) Salivary pH	−0.079	0.512
(4) Systolic BP	0.306	0.009
(5) Diastolic BP	0.171	0.150
(6) MMP-9	0.038	0.753