Eating disorders and biochemical composition of saliva: a retrospective matched case-control study.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to compare the biochemical composition of saliva from patients with eating disorders (EDs) with saliva from control subjects with no ED. All patients who initiated outpatient treatment in an ED clinic during a 12-month period were invited to participate. Of the 65 patients who started treatment during the period, 54 (50 female patients/four male patients; mean age: 21.5 yr) agreed to participate. The controls were 54 sex- and age-matched patients from a dental health clinic. All participants completed a questionnaire and underwent dental clinical examinations, including laboratory analyses of saliva. The proportion of subjects with unstimulated salivary hyposalivation was lower in the ED group and not correlated with intake of xerogenic drugs. Significant differences in th

SUBMITTER: Johansson AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6680160 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature