No statistically significant difference was found when comparing salivary flow between insulin-dependent and non-insulin-dependent older people. With regard to gender, stimulated salivary flow was higher in men (0.63±0.44ml/ min) compared women (0.47±0.41ml/min) (p = 0.05). This difference is contradictory to the results of the study by Lima et al.  and Cabrera et al. , in which there was no statistically significant difference in salivary flow by gender.