Prevalence of Hyposalivation in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Brazilian Subpopulation

Table 1

Average of saliva collected per variables considered from 48 patients at the HGU-UNIC, Cuiaba, MT, 2014.

Variables		Averages	Standard derivation	95% CI
SLE activity
Yes	38	1,23	0,89	(−0,5; 1,01)	0,500
No	10	1,47	1,01	—	—
Level of SLE activity
Severe/very severe	10	0,78	0,42	(0,214; 1,04)	0,004
Remission/mild or moderate	38	1,41	0,97	—	—
Ages
27	31	1.05	0,85	(0,10; 1,19)	0,021
27 years	17	1,69	0,90	—	—
Use of hyposalivation-inducing drugs?
Yes	10	1,08	0,87	(−0,46; 0,92)	0,442
No	38	1,33	0,93	—	—
Number of hyposalivation-inducing drugs
0	38	1,33	0,93	—	—
1	4	0,65	0,54	(−0,17; 1,53)	0,089
2	6	1,37	0,98	(−1,14; 0,93)	0,817

95% CI: confidence interval of 95% for the difference between the averages of the categories.