fa Salivary flow, testosterone, and femur bone mineral density in menopausal women with oral dryness feeling بیماری های دهان Oral Medicine پژوهشي Research <p> <strong>Objectives</strong></p><p>  We compared salivary flow, serum and saliva testosterone, and femur bone mineral density (BMD) of menopausal women with or without xerostomia. </p><p> <strong>Study Design</strong></p><p>  A case/control study was performed on 60 selected menopausal women with or without xerostomia. BMD and testosterone concentration were measured by a dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry system and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method, respectively. </p><p> <strong>Results</strong> </p><p> Multinomial logistic regression demonstrated that low saliva flow rate (odds ratio [OR] = 22.8, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 5.4, 96.8), low femur BMD (OR = 6.0, CI: 1.8, 20.0), high stimulated saliva testosterone (OR = 5.2, CI: 2.0, 18.9), high unstimulated saliva testosterone (OR = 3.8, 95% CI: 1.6, 12.3), and high serum testosterone (OR = 2.7, CI: 1.1, 7.2) were associated with an increased risk of xerostomia in menopausal women. </p><p> <strong>Conclusions</strong></p><p>  High serum and salivary testosterone and low femur BMD and saliva flow were associated with xerostomia. Of these factors, low salivary flow seems to be the most important element in the perception of dry mouth. </p><hr><p></p><p> <strong>Source: </strong>Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology </p><p> <a href="http://www.oooojournal.net/article/S2212-4403(12)01725-7/abstract" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">Full Text</font></a></p> 0 0 http://idai.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-32-1604&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Farzaneh Agha hosseini 10031947532846007439 10031947532846007439 Yes Department of Oral Medicine, Dental Research Center, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Mahdieh-Sadat Moosavi 10031947532846007440 10031947532846007440 No Department of Oral Medicine, Dental Research Center, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Iraj Mirza Dizgah 10031947532846007441 10031947532846007441 No Physiology in Unusual States Research Center, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran