Significant variation in salivation by short-term suggestive intervention: a randomized controlled cross-over clinical study

Table 2 Linear mixed model

	Baseline, first period	Direct suggestion	Indirect suggestion
Salivation [ml]	2.55 (SD 1.88)	1.09 (SD 0.96)	1.62 (SD 1.53)
ΔSalivation [ml]		1.46 (SD 2.08)	0.94 (SD 2.42)
p-value		<0.001	0.039
ΔSalivation between direct and indirect suggestion, [ml]		-0.53 (95%-CI: -0.83, -0.23)*
p-value		0.0012

Period effect: p = 0.28, carryover effect: p = 0.38, *Estimated according to the linear mixed model, 95%-CI: 95%-Confidence interval.

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