Table 3.
Comparison of ZEB1 epithelial expression among histopathological grades of OSMF by Mann Whitney U test.
| ZEB1 expression in epithelium | Intensity |
Location |
Percentage of positivity |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | Z- Value | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Z- Value | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Z- Value | |
| Early OSMF (n = 15) | 1 | 10 | 4 | −0.2074 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | −0.2489 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | −0.5392 |
| Advanced OSMF (n = 15) | 0 | 11 | 4 |
P- Value 0.8357 |
0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
p- Value 0.8035 |
0 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
p- Value 0.5897 |
Intensity: 0 = Negative, 1 = Mild, 2 = Moderate.
Location: 0 = Absent, 1 = Membrane, 2 = Cytoplasm, 3 = C + N, 4 = Nuclear.
Percentage: 0 = Absent, 1 = 1–25 %, 2 = 25–50 %, 3=>50 %.