Table 3.
PAS exfoliative cytology results for palatal and vestibular area and tongue
| Palatal area | Vestibular area and tongue | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthy | Diseased | p-value | Healthy | Diseased | p-value | |
| Adequate (Yes) | 12 (44.4%) | 15 (55.6%) | 17 (53.1%) | 15 (46.9%) | ||
| No | 5 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.02 | .. | .. | .. |
| Bacteria (Yes) | 6 (40.0%) | 9 (60.0%) | 12 (46.2%) | 14 (53.9%) | ||
| No | 11 (64.7%) | 6 (35.3%) | 0.16 | 5 (83.3%) | 1 (16.7%) | 0.10 |
| Inflammatory cells (Yes) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (100.0%) | 3 (37.5%) | 5 (62.5%) | ||
| No | 17 (60.7%) | 11 (39.3%) | 0.02* | 14 (58.3%) | 10 (41.7%) | 0.31 |
| Fungal spores (Yes) | 5 (35.7%) | 9 (64.3%) | 12 (46.2%) | 14 (53.9%) | ||
| No | 12 (66.7%) | 6 (33.3%) | 0.08 | 5 (83.3%) | 1 (16.7%) | 0.10 |
| Fungal hyphae (Yes) | 4 (40.0%) | 6 (60.0%) | 7 (43.8%) | 9 (56.3%) | ||
| No | 13 (59.1%) | 9 (40.9%) | 0.32 | 10 (62.5%) | 6 (37.5%) | 0.29 |
| Atypical cells (Yes) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (100.0%) | .. | .. | ||
| No | 17 (54.8%) | 14 (45.2%) | 0.28 | 17 (53.1%) | 15 (46.9%) | .. |
| Score | ||||||
| Inadequate cell sample | 6 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | .. | .. | ||
| Benign smear | 4 (57.1%) | 3 (42.9%) | 4 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||
| Bacteria only | 2 (50.0%) | 2 (50.0%) | 1 (50.0%) | 1 (50.0%) | ||
| Benign inflammatory cells | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (100.0%) | .. | .. | ||
| Bacteria plus inflammatory cells | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Fungal spores | 1 (25.0%) | 3 (75.0%) | 5 (50.0%) | 5 (50.0%) | ||
| Fungal organisms | 4 (40.0%) | 6 (60.0%) | 0.13 | 7 (46.6%) | 8 (53.3%) | 0.28 |
| Score dichotomized (fungal) | 5 (35.7%) | 9 (64.3%) | 12 (48.0%) | 13 (52.0%) | ||
| No fungal | 12 (66.7%) | 6 (33.3%) | 0.08 | 5 (83.3%) | 1 (16.7%) | 0.12 |
*
Statistically significant (P < 0.05)