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Table 5 Comparison between the STATH expression levels in dried nasal and saliva swabs

From: Identification of body fluids—menstrual blood, saliva, and nasal secretions—over different periods of time, using mRNA

STATH

1st day

3rd day

7th day

Nasal

Mean ± SD

28.05 ± 2.91

25.90 ± 3.53

21.81 ± 3.62

Saliva

Mean ± SD

36.64 ± 3.33

29.21 ± 4.88

23.08 ± 3.44

pvalue

<0.001**

0.019

0.264

  1. STATH Statherin, SD Standard deviation
  2. Unpaired t test (*P is significant if < 0.05, **P is highly significant if < 0.01)