Table 5

 Correlation coefficients for relations between changes in salivary nitrite versus changes in nitrite in oral EBC and FENO after nitrate ingestion and after chlorhexidine mouthwash

Nitrite saliva
*p<0.05, **p<0.01 (Spearman).
Δ baseline-60 min
    Nitrite oral EBCr = 0.7273**
    FENOr = 0.7972**
Δ 60 min-mouthwash
    Nitrite oral EBCr = 0.6264*
    FENOr = 0.7273**