Table 3.
LEPR genotypes associated with gender in normal oral mucosa, potentially malignant lesions, and oral squamous cell carcinoma
| General population/smokers | Potentially malignant lesion | OSCC | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | GG (%) | AG (%) | AA (%) | GG (%) | AG (%) | AA (%) | GG (%) | AG (%) | AA (%) |
| Gender | |||||||||
| Male | 07 (63.6) | 33 (86.8) | 27 (67.5) | 01 (100.0) | 03 (75.0) | 13 (65.0) | 05 (83.3) | 07 (100.0) | 09 (75.0) |
| Female | 04 (36.4) | 05 (13.2) | 13 (32.5) | 0 (0.0) | 01 (25.0) | 07 (35.0) | 01 (16.7) | 0 (0.0) | 03 (25.0) |
| p-value* | 0.089 | 0.725 | 0.357 | ||||||
*Analyzed by X2 test. Significant p-value < 0.05.