Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.15644/asc56/2/6

Saliva Changes in Pediatric Patients with Eating Disorders

Tatjana Lesar orcid.org/0000-0001-6833-2691 ; Helena Center for Pediatric Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia *
Danica Vidović Juras orcid.org/0000-0001-7391-6114 ; Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Martina Tomić orcid.org/0000-0002-7535-3631 ; University Clinic for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases Vuk Vrhovac, KBC Merkur, Zagreb, Croatia
Andrea Cvitković Roić orcid.org/0000-0003-2003-0656 ; Faculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University Osijek, Croatia
Alen Vrtarić ; Department of Clinical Chemistry, KBC Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia
Nora Nikolac Gabaj ; Department of Clinical Chemistry, KBC Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia
Samir Čimić orcid.org/0000-0002-5029-310X ; Department of Removable Prosthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Sonja Kraljević Šimunković ; Department of Removable Prosthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

* Corresponding author.

Abstract

Objectives: To determine the differences between pediatric patients with eating disorders (ED) and the control group in the amount of saliva and the concentration of total amylase and electrolytes in saliva, and to evaluate the correlation between the saliva changes and nutritional status. Material and methods: The study included 101 participants (14.34 ±1.99 years), out of which 50 participants with ED subgroups and 51 participants in the control group. Data were statistically analyzed (Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis, chi-square, Spearman rank correlation test, α=0.05). Results: No significant differences in salivary volume between the groups were found. A significant difference in the volume of saliva secreted in the 5th and 15th minute was found between the anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa subgroups. The examined anthropometric parameters were marginally or significantly positively associated with saliva volume at 5 and 15 minutes, noting a more significant correlation of the same at 15 than at 5 minutes. The patients with ED had a significantly higher concentration of inorganic phosphates in saliva while the concentrations of other electrolytes and total amylase in saliva did not differ significantly. Conclusions: Nutritional status affects salivation. There is a difference in saliva volume in pediatric patients with different ED disorders. Variations in saliva electrolytes in pediatric patients with ED are possible

Keywords

Feeding and Eating Disorders; Adolescent; Salivary alpha-Amylases; Saliva; Electrolytes; nutritional status; salivary amylase; salivary electrolytes

Hrčak ID:

278945

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/278945

Publication date:

13.6.2022.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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