[Table/Fig-2]:
Clinical symptoms | Non-diabetic (n=50) | Diabetic (n=47) | p value |
---|---|---|---|
Subjective findings | |||
1. Dry mouth | 31(62.0%) | 37(78.7%) | 0.072+ |
2.Dysguesia | 45(90.0%) | 32(68.1%) | 0.008** |
3.Mucosal pain | 18(36.0%) | 14(29.8%) | 0.515 |
Objective findings | |||
4.Uremic odour | 45(90.0%) | 35(74.5%) | 0.044* |
5.Tongue coating | 9(18.0%) | 18(38.3%) | 0.026* |
6.Mucosal petechiae | 5(10.0%) | 15(31.9%) | 0.008** |
7.Echymosis | 0 | 0 | - |
8.Mouth Ulceration | 1(2.0%) | 0 | 1.000 |
9.Dry mouth | 48(96.0%) | 47(100.0%) | 0.496 |
10.Enamel hypocalcification | 0 | 0 | - |
+ Suggestive significance (p value: 0.05 <p<0.10) * Moderately significant (p value: 0.01<p ≤ 0.05), ** Strongly significant (p value: p≤0.01).