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ArticleInternational journal of high risk behaviors & addiction2016

Salivary Sialic Acid Levels in Smokeless Tobacco Users.

Leila Farhad Mollashahi, Marieh Honarmand, Alireza Nakhaee, Ghasem Mollashahi

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Article in International journal of high risk behaviors & addiction, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Leila Farhad MollashahiDepartment of Oral Medicine, Oral and Dental Disease Research Center, School of Dentistry, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IR Iran.
Marieh HonarmandDepartment of Oral Medicine, Oral and Dental Disease Research Center, School of Dentistry, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IR Iran.
Alireza NakhaeeDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IR Iran.
Ghasem MollashahiZabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, IR Iran.

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Abstract

backgroundSmokeless tobacco chewing is one of the known risk factors for oral cancer. It is consumed widely by residents of southeastern Iran.

objectivesIn this study, salivary free and total sialic acid, and total protein were compared in paan consumers and non-consumers. PATIENTS AND

methodsIn this cross-sectional study, unstimulated saliva of 94 subjects (44 paan consumers and 50 non-consumers) who were referred to the oral medicine department of the dentistry school of Zahedan were collected. Salivary free and total sialic acid, and total protein concentration were measured by standard biochemical methods, and the obtained data were analyzed using SPSS 20 through the non-parametric Mann-Whitney test.

resultsThe concentration of salivary free sialic acid (23.21 ± 18.98 mg/L) was significantly increased in paan consumers. The concentration of salivary Total sialic acid (TSA) (39.57 ± 26.58 mg/L) and total protein (0.77 ± 0.81 mg/mL) showed increases in paan consumers, however, the results were not statistically significant.

conclusionsSalivary free and total sialic acid, and total protein were higher in the paan consumers compared to non-consumers. Due to the carcinogenic effect of smokeless tobacco, measurement of these parameters in saliva may be useful in early detection of oral cancer.

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