Table 2. Subepithelial and deep distribution of mean MCT and MCTC counts in the healthy controls, OSF and OSCC.
TMC | MCTC | MCT | |
Subepithelial | |||
Healthy controls | 11.68 | 9.78 | 1.9 |
OSF | 8.10 | 4.98 | 3.12 |
OSCC | 15.66 | 13.60 | 2.06 |
Deep | |||
Healthy controls | 6.52 | 6.16 | 0.36 |
OSF | 5.68 | 3.68 | 2.00 |
OSCC | 13.72 | 12.18 | 1.54 |
TMC, total mast cells; MCTC, tryptase and chymase positive mast cells; MCT, tryptase positive mast cells.