Table 4.

Distribution of "oral distant fields" (ODFs) collected from patients with OPMLs in the tongue (T patients) or in all the other oral mucosal regions (O patients) or in Buccal Mucosa (BM patients) with respect to DNA diploid or aneuploid status.

		ODFs
	O patients vs. T patients	(OR = 11; p = 0.005)*
		T patients vs. BM patients	(OR = 10; p = 0.007)§
	O patients	T patients	BM patients
DNA Diploid	53	8	48
DNA aneuploid	3 (5%)	5 (38%)	3 (6%)
Total	56	13	51

*Once stratified for presence/absence of dysplasia in the corresponding OPMLs, OR_M-H = 14 (p = 0.003).

^§Once stratified for presence/absence of dysplasia in the corresponding OPMLs, OR_M-H = 13 (p = 0.004).