Table 1.

Demographic data of the participants

Characteristics	Demographic data
Total participants-120	Case (60) Control (60)
Males	59% were
Females	41% were
Mean age	63.2±8.3 years
Literates	37.7%
Illiterates.	62.3%
Married	82%
Unmarried	18%
No habits,	60.6%
Smoking	27.8%
Smokeless tobacco	6.6%
Both smoking and smokeless tobacco consumption habits	5%
No comorbidities	62.2%
Diabetes,	11.4%
Hypertension	7.2%
Both	7.2%
Xerostomia	19.7%
No xerostomia	80.3%