Salivary decorin as a potential noninvasive biomarker in chronic kidney disease: a comparative study with serum levels.

Ren Fail · 2026 · PMC13295063 · PMID 42338138

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an increasing trendno p-value reported

did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

Serum decorin levels showed an increasing trend with advancing CKD stage; however, these differences did not reach statistical significance and were not correlated with renal function parameters.

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a decreasing trendno p-value reported

The main finding of our study is that salivary decorin levels were significantly lower in CKD patients compared to healthy controls and showed a decreasing trend with advancing disease stage.

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