Heritable salivary proteins and dental disease.
A sample consisting of 92 black subjects was examined in this study. According to results of preliminary statistical tests there is a significant relationship between certain genetically determined salivary factors and individual susceptibility to dental disease in the racial group studied. These findings are been validated by the examination of data from several additional studies involving large samples.
D000367:Age Factors; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides / Q000235:genetics*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic
D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides