Table 1 Salivary HST-5 and β-defensin-2 levels in early childhood caries and controls
From: A study on β-defensin-2 and histatin-5 as a diagnostic marker of early childhood caries progression
Healthy control (n = 41) | Early childhood caries (n = 41) | p* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (ng/ml) | SD | Mean (ng/ml) | SD | ||
HST-5 | 15.29 | 1.16 | 50.75 | 2.11 | 0.0002 |
β-defensin-2 | 2.15 | 0.07 | 2.29 | 0.05 | 0.0417 |