Stimulated Hyposalivary Flow Rates in Healthcare Students in an Interprofessional Awareness Educational Program Curriculum

Table 1

Sample characteristics of WVU My First Patient, 2016. (valid %) reported.

Variable	Total	Sex			Hyposalivation
		Females	Males	P value	No	Yes	P value
Sex	178	—	—	—	—	—	—
Male	67 (37.6%)
Female	111 (62.4%)
Hyposalivation	174	106	67		—	—	—
No	149 (85.6%)	88 (83.0%)	60 (89.6%)	0.27
Yes (<1 mg salivary flow)	25 (14.4%)	18 (17.0%)	7 (10.5%)
Race	167	102	64		143	21
Other	21 (12.6%)	12 (11.8%)	9 (14.1%)	0.81	20 (14.0%)	0 (0%)	0.08
Non-Hispanic White	146 (87.4%)	90 (88.2%)	55 (85.9%)		123 (86.0%)	21 (100%)
CWF	169	105	63		140	25
No	15 (8.9%)	12 (11.4%)		0.17	13 (9.3%)		1.00
Yes	154 (91.1%)	93 (88.6%)			127 (90.7%)
Medication	178	110	67		149	25
No	155 (87.1%)	99 (90.0%)	56 (83.6%)	0.24	130 (87.3%)		0.75
Yes	23 (12.9%)	11 (10.0%)	11 (16.4%)		19 (12.8%)
Self-report dry mouth	177	110	66		148	25
No				0.019			0.15
Yes

CWF = community water fluoridation. Cell criteria are not reported as one or several of the criteria have small cell size(s) which could lead to participant identity.