LYZ and diabetes mellitus: Binary logistic regression analysis done to determine the relationship of selected variable with confirmed diabetic state essentially showed that patients with diabetes are more likely to have higher body mass index (BMI) (O.R 1.110 (1.028-1.198); p=0.008) and lower values of salivary lysozyme (OR 0.957 (0.924-0.991); p=0.013) and histatins (OR 0.527 (0.435-0.638); p<0.001).