Associations between labial and whole salivary flow rates, systemic diseases and medications in a sample of older people.

Objective: To investigate the associations between age, gender, systemic diseases, medications and labial and whole salivary flow rates in older people.

Methods: Unstimulated labial (LS) and unstimulated (UWS) and chewing-stimulated (SWS) whole salivary flow rates were measured in 389 randomly selected community-dwelling Danish women and 279 men aged 65-97 years. Systemic diseases, medications (coded according to the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) Classification System), tobacco and alcohol consumption were registered.