Table 4.
Comparison of ZEB1 connective tissue expression among OSMF grades using Mann Whitney U Test.
| ZEB1 expression in connective tissue | Intensity |
Percentage of positivity |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | Z- Value | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Z- Value | |
| Early OSMF (n = 15) | 0 | 3 | 12 | −0.6014 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | −0.9333 |
| Advanced OSMF(n = 15) | 0 | 1 | 14 |
P- Value 0.5476 |
0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
p- Value 0.3507 |
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 %.