Table 2.
The distribution of tongue lesions according to age groups
|
Tongue lesions |
Group 1 (6–13 years) n (%) |
Group 2 (2–5 years) n (%) |
Total n (%) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
*p<0.05 statistically significant; p>0.05 no significant relationship; chi-squared test; x: The test could not be performed. n = Number of cases with tongue lesions. a A patient with both fissured tongue and macroglossia. b A patient with geographic tongue and ankyloglossia. c A patient with both fissured and geographic tongue. | ||||
|
Geographic tongue |
18b (2.2%) |
8c (2.8%) |
26 (2.3%) |
0.744 |
|
Fissured tongue |
19a (2.3%) |
4c (1.4%) |
23 (2.0%) |
0.473 |
|
Ankyloglossia |
3b (0.4%) |
2 (0.7%) |
5 (0.5%) |
0.610 |
|
Crenated tongue |
4 (0.5%) |
0 (0%) |
4 (0.4%) |
0.578 |
|
Macroglossia |
4a (0.5%) |
0 (0%) |
4 (0.4%) |
0.578 |
|
Coated tongue |
4 (0.5%) |
0 (0%) |
4 (0.4%) |
0.578 |
|
Median rhomboid glossitis |
0 (0%) |
1 (0.3%) |
1 (0.1%) |
0.261 |
|
Hairy tongue |
1 (0.1%) |
0 (0%) |
1 (0.1%) |
0.999 |
|
Traumatic fibroma |
0 (0%) |
0 (0%) |
0 (0%) |
x |
|
Pigmented tongue |
0 (0%) |
0 (0%) |
0 (0%) |
x |
|
Total |
53 (6.5%) |
15 (5.2%) |
68 (6.2%) |
0.515 |