Table 2: Correlation between years of use of removable prostheses or severity of Parkinson's disease (motor assessment according to Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating objective motor scale III) and masticatory efficiency (assessment according to the outcome data on Two-colour chewing gum Test) in 24 patients with Parkinson’s disease.
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Spearman Rank Correlation Analysis |
| Years of Use rs (P-Value) |
Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale rs (P-Value) |
| Masticatory efficiency |
– |
– |
| Two-colour Chewing Gum Test (mean of values) |
0.436 (P < 0.05) * |
0.009 (N.S.) |
*P < 0.05; rs: Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient