Evidence mapPaperPMID 32742520Full record

Trial reportJournal of medicine and life

Salivary and Serum Glucose Levels in Diabetes Mellitus Patients versus Control - A Randomised Control Trial.

Avanindra Kumar, Tanoj Kumar, Manish Bhargava, Rachna Raj, Vikas Vaibhav, Jay Kishore

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Trial report in Journal of medicine and life. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Avanindra KumarDepartment Of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Patna Dental College And Hospital, Patna, India.
Tanoj KumarDepartment Of Oral Pathology, Patna Dental College And Hospital, Patna, India.
Manish BhargavaDepartment Of Oral Pathology, Manav Rachna Dental College, Faridabad, Hayana, India.
Rachna RajDepartment Of Public Health Dentistry, Patna Dental College And Hospital, Patna, India.
Vikas VaibhavDepartment Of Dentistry, Vardhman Institute Of Medical Science, Pavapuri, Nalanda, Bihar, India.
Jay KishoreBihar Government, Primary Health Centre, Sahdei Buzurg, Vaishali, Bihar, India.
Patna Medical College and Hospital · INManav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oral fluids provide a readily available and non-invasive medium for the diagnosis of a wide range of diseases and clinical situations. Diabetes mellitus is a common chronic metabolic disorder that affects millions of people. Our objective was to compare the salivary and serum glucose levels in patients with diabetes mellitus and healthy individuals. Two ml of unstimulated whole saliva was collected by the spitting method. Also, 2 ml of the patient's intravenous blood was obtained from the forearm's median cephalic vein. Both the samples were centrifuged at 2000 rpm for 2-3 minutes. Ten μl of both saliva and serum were taken out and added to glucose reagent. These were kept in a temperature-controlled water bath at 37°C for 10 minutes. The color change was noted, and the optical density was measured in a semi-auto analyzer. The presence of glucose was detected in both groups; however, the levels were raised in people with diabetes compared to healthy individuals. The present study indicated a substantial increase in salivary and serum glucose levels in diabetic patients compared to healthy controls. The concentration of glucose in saliva increases with the increase in serum glucose concentration.

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AdultAge DistributionBlood GlucoseCase-Control StudiesDiabetes MellitusFemaleHealth StatusHumansMaleMiddle AgedSalivaBlood GlucoseDiabetes mellitusglucoseincreased glucose levelPerceived Stress Scale (PSS)Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)salivaserum

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PMID32742520
PMCPMC7378352
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