Table 3.
The Relationship Between the Degree of Differentiation of OSCC with Age, Gender, Cancer Staging, and Tumor Site
| Total n=165 |
The degree of differentiation | p-value | Coefficient r |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well n (%) |
Moderately n (%) |
Poorly n (%) |
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| Age (years) | ||||||
| 15–29 | 7 | 2 (28.6) | 4 (57.1) | 1 (14.3) | 0.123 | 0.245 |
| 30–49 | 74 | 32 (43.2) | 36 (48.6) | 6 (8.1) | ||
| 50–59 | 64 | 28 (43.8) | 20 (31.3) | 16 (25) | ||
| 60–69 | 45 | 23 (51.1) | 13 (28.9) | 9 (20) | ||
| > 70 | 9 | 3 (33.3) | 5 (55.6) | 1 (11.1) | ||
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 91 | 41 (45.1) | 35 (38.5) | 15 (16.5) | 0.975 | 0.016 |
| Female | 108 | 47 (43.5) | 43 (39.8) | 18 (16.7) | ||
| Stages of OSCC | ||||||
| Stage II | 9 | 6 (66.7) | 2 (22.2) | 1 (11.1) | <0.001* | 0.460 |
| Stage III | 26 | 10 (38.5) | 15 (57.7) | 1 (3.8) | ||
| Stage IV | 75 | 6 (8.0) | 44 (58.7) | 25 (33.3) | ||
| Site | ||||||
| Tongue | 137 | 59 (43.1) | 59 (43.1) | 19 (13.9) | 0.303 | 0.256 |
| Labial mucosa | 3 | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | 0 (0) | ||
| Gingiva | 15 | 7 (46.7) | 2 (13.3) | 6 (40) | ||
| Buccal mucosa | 19 | 8 (42.1) | 6 (31.6) | 5 (26.3) | ||
| Palate | 13 | 6 (46.2) | 5 (38.5) | 2 (15.4) | ||
| Floor of the mouth | 6 | 3 (50.0) | 3 (50.0) | 0 (0) | ||
| Lips | 6 | 4 (66.7) | 1 (16.7) | 1 (16.7) | ||
Notes: *p<0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.
Abbreviations: OSCC, oral squamous cell carcinomas; n, number of patients.