Table 5.
Distribution of oral mucosal lesions and xerostomia among diabetic patients according to the level of metabolic control
| Lesions | Metabolic Control (n = 391) | Total (%) | χ² (df) | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well n = 170 | Fair n = 84 | Poor n = 137 | ||||
| One or more lesion | ||||||
| Yes | 63 (37.1) | 44 (52.4) | 71 (51.8) | 178 (45.5) | 8.7 (2) | 0.013 |
| No | 107 (62.9) | 40 (47.6) | 66 (48.2) | 213 (54.5) | ||
| Denture Stomatitis | ||||||
| Yes | 16 (9.4) | 5 (6.0) | 24 (17.5) | 45 (11.5) | 8.14 (2) | 0.02 |
| No | 154 (90.6) | 79 (94) | 113 (82.5) | 346 (88.5) | ||
| Geographic Tongue | ||||||
| Yes | 2 (1.2) | 4 (4.8) | 8 (5.8) | 14 (3.6) | 5.21 (2) | 0.07 |
| No | 168 (98.8) | 80 (95.2) | 129 (94.2) | 377 (96.4) | ||
| Traumatic Ulcers | ||||||
| Yes | 2 (1.2) | 1 (1.2) | 5 (3.6) | 8 (2.0) | 2.71 (2) | 0.26 |
| No | 168 (98.8) | 83 (98.8) | 132 (96.4) | 383 (98) | ||
| Angular Chelitis | ||||||
| Yes | 2 (1.2) | 4 (4.8) | 4 (2.9) | 10 (2.6) | 3.01 (2) | 0.22 |
| No | 168 (98.8) | 80 (95.2) | 133 (97.1) | 381 (97.4) | ||
| Xerostomia | ||||||
| Yes | 42 (24.7) | 23 (27.4) | 54 (39.4) | 119 (30.4) | 8.22 (2) | 0.016 |
| No | 128 (75.3) | 61 (72.6) | 83 (60.6) | 272 (69.6) | ||
Chi-square and Fisher exact test.