Table 3.
Number of juxtaepithelial FoxP3+ cells in erosive and reticular oral lichen planus (OLP) and inflammatory fibrous hyperplasia (IFH) and correlation between the different types of lesions. Values are reported as the mean (range) and 95% confidence interval
| Confidence interval (95%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (range) | P value* | Minimum | Maximum | |
| Juxta-epithelial cells | ||||
| Reticular OLP | 1.5 (0–8.3) | 0.421 | 2.667 | |
| Erosive OLP | 1.7 (0–9.4) | 0.304 | 3.182 | |
| IFH | 0.5 (0–1.4) | 0.214 | 0.906 | |
| Correlations | ||||
| Reticular OLP × IFH | 0.162 | −0.4243 | 2.3918 | |
| Erosive OLP × IFH | 0.105 | −0.2798 | 2.6455 | |
| OLP × IFH | 0.019 | 0.1848 | 1.9686 | |
| Reticular × Erosive OLP | 0.814 | −1.9192 | 1.5209 | |
*
Student's t-test.