Table 1.

Distribution of elderly patients with oral and maxillofacial lesions according to age groups, sex, and the nature of the lesions

	Nature of the lesion [n (%)]
Age and sex of the participants	Benign (N=44)	Malignant (N=272)	Cyst (N=7)	Inflammatory (N=25)	P
Age groups (years)
60–74	33 (13.3)	193 (77.8)	5 (2.0)	17 (6.9)	0.931
≥75	11 (11.0)	79 (79.0)	2 (2.0)	8 (8.0)
Age [mean (SEM)]	69.18 (1.27)	70.43 (0.52)	69.86 (3.67)	69.96 (1.90)	0.130
Sex
Female	23 (13.2)	130 (74.7)	3 (1.7)	18 (10.3)
Male	21 (12.1)	142 (81.6)	4 (2.3)	7 (4.0)	0.133