A Cross-Sectional Study on Ultrasonographic Measurements of Parotid Glands in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 1

Comparison between ultrasonographic measurements in study subjects (type 2 diabetes mellitus) and control subjects.

Type 2 diabetes mellitus	Length (in cms)				Transverse dimension (in cms)				DLM (in cms)				DDM (in cms)
	R		L		R		L		R		L		R		L
	N	Y	N	Y	N	Y	N	Y	N	Y	N	Y	N	Y	N	Y
N	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50
Mean	3.9	4.74	3.9	4.71	2.73	3.22	2.78	3.33	0.93	1.38	0.9	1.47	0.90	1.36	0.88	1.33
SD	0.66	0.81	0.77	0.89	0.98	1.17	1.10	1.31	0.50	0.56	0.41	1.17	0.58	0.58	0.56	0.55
value	0.001		0.001		0.04		0.06		0.001		0.09		0.001		0.0001

Highly significant value; significant value.