Table 5.
Classification performance of the chosen parameters for the score sheet (by experts)
| Parameters (score sheet) |
Occurrence frequency, %; anomalies in | Chi square test (n = 95) |
Correlations (n = 95) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physiological mucosa (n = 45) |
OSCC (n = 50) |
P value | P value (2 tailed) |
Spearman’s rho | |
| Homogeneity | 15.6 (7/45) | 100 (50/50) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.936 |
| Intercellular gaps | 37.8 (17/45) | 100 (50/50) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.880 |
| Cell morphology | 28.9 (13/45) | 100 (50/50) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.949 |
| Fluorescein leakage | 22.2 (10/45) | 78 (39/50) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.557 |
| Vessel morphology | 17.8 (8/45) | 92 (46/50) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.748 |
Occurrence frequency of anomalies (mildly or highly dysplastic) in physiological mucosa and OSCCs, Chi square test and Spearman’s correlation