The Effect of Smoking on Salivary Calcium Levels, Calcium Intake, and Bleeding on Probing in Female

Table 2

Mean and standard deviations of salivary calcium levels, total calcium intake, and BOP in study subjects.

	Female smokers (n = 26)		Control (n = 37)		value
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Salivary calcium level (mmol/L)	1.16	0.93	1.80	0.96	0.002
Total calcium intake (mg)	391.69	181.1	500.47	429.38	0.748
BOP (%)	8.82	6.85	5.39	4.43	0.010

Statistically significant ( value <0.05) according to the Mann–Whitney U test.