Carious Lesion Severity Induces Higher Antioxidant System Activity and Consequently Reduces Oxidative Damage in Children’s Saliva

Table 1

General characteristics of children by group.

	Group A		Group B		Group C		Group D
Age (months)	^a		^b		^c		^d
Gender	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls
	46.6%^a	53.4%^a	50%^a	50%^a	46.6%^a	53.4%^a	50%^a	50%^a
Number of erupted teeth	^a		^b		^c		^c
	0		^a		^a		^a
Salivary flow (mL/min)	^a		^a		^a		^a

Similar superscript letters on the same line mean statistical similarity (). Different superscript letters on the same line mean statistical differences ().