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

Table 3

Salivary calcium levels, total calcium intake, and BOP based on smoking characteristic.

Characteristic	Salivary calcium level (mmol/L)		Total calcium intake (mg)		BOP (%)
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Duration of smoking
<2 years (n = 3)	3.19	0.18	284.90	103.11	18.41	14.38
2–5 years (n = 5)	1.34	0.90	490.66	227.24	11.70	5.40
>5 years (n = 18)	0.78	0.43	382	172.73	6.42	3.63
value	0.010		0.273		0.038
Types of smoked tobacco product
Kretek (n = 2)	2.81	0.28	510.35	444.11	27.20	11.03
Filtered kretek (n = 3)	0.97	0.68	393.60	25.62	4.74	4.36
Filtered white cigarettes (n = 21)	1.03	0.86	380.17	171.81	7.65	3.61
value	0.156		0.934		0.035
Number of smoked tobacco consumption/day
<10 (n = 22)	1.28	0.96	409.59	174.42	9.49	7.15
≥10 (n = 4)	0.50	0.17	293.26	212.32	5.17	3.61
value	0.055		0.256		0.201

Statistically significant ( value <0.05) according to the Kruskal–Wallis test.