Elucidating the role of hyposalivation and autoimmunity in oral candidiasis

Autor: Margaret Grisius, Ilias Alevizos, Bruce A. Dye, Timothy Iafolla, Monisha Billings
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Oral Diseases. 23:387-394
ISSN: 1354-523X
DOI: 10.1111/odi.12626
Popis: Introduction Oral candidiasis (OC) is a potential oral complication in Sjogren's syndrome (SS). Some studies indicate that the low stimulated salivary flow and not low unstimulated salivary flow is associated with OC in SS, while others report that the underlying autoimmune disorders contribute to OC, based solely on correlation coefficients. Given the conflicting and limited existing evidence, we purposed to ascertain the role of both salivary gland dysfunction (hyposalivation based on unstimulated and stimulated flow rates) and autoimmunity (SS, other autoimmune disorders) in OC among those with SS, other salivary gland dysfunction, and non-salivary gland dysfunction controls (NSGD). Methods A nested case–control study was designed within a larger NIH/NIDCR cohort. Descriptive analyses, nonparametric tests, comparative analyses, and multivariate logistic regression analyses were undertaken. Results Data on 1526 subjects (701 SS, 247 ISS, 355 Sicca, and 223 NSGD) were obtained from the source cohort of 2046 and analyzed for this study. The median whole unstimulated salivary flow rate (WUS, ml 15 min−1) was lower in SS (0.8, interquartile range (IQR) 1.8) compared to ISS (5.5, IQR: 5.2, P
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