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. 2023 Sep 26;12(10):1194. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12101194

Table 2.

Patient data obtained upon examination.

Benign (n = 25) OPMD (n = 30) OSCC (n = 35) p Value
age (mean ± SD; median) 58.29 ± 2.79; 58 54.29 ± 3.82; 50 60.39 ± 2.41; 63 0.322
sex (male/female) 6/19 18/12 20/15 0.013
smoking (yes/used to smoke/no) 5/9/11 8/15/7 8/14/13 0.596
alcohol (yes/used to drink/no) 17/3/5 17/4/9 23/5/7 0.871
periodontal stage (1/2/3/4/toothless) 0/11/7/6/1 2/10/9/6/3 0/6/7/19/3 0.047
periodontal probing depth (mm) (mean ± SD, median) 3.55 ± 0.15; 3.5 3.05 ± 0.22; 3.2 3.47 ± 0.22; 3.2 0.295
clinical attachment level (mm) (mean ± SD, median) 4.29 ± 0.30; 3.8 3.91 ± 0.36; 3.77 4.73 ± 0.49; 4.1 0.720
plaque index (mean ± SD, median) 0.60 ± 0.06; 0.51 0.63 ± 0.08; 0.76 0.69 ± 0.08; 0.78 0.327
bleeding on probing (mean ± SD, median) 0.62 ± 0.06; 0.54 0.63 ± 0.07; 0.65 0.72 ± 0.07; 0.8 0.243
duration of oral lesion (in months) (mean ± SD, median) 20.52 ± 6.72; 12 14.43 ± 5.6; 6 12.30 ± 5.23; 4 0.111
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