Table 5. Cancer, precancer and normal tissue samples used in this study.

Sample groups	Sample size for
	miRNA expression	Target gene expression
Cancer	23	23
Leukoplakia	18	16
Lichen planus	12	14
Oral submucous fibrosisa	23	15
Normal/healthy	20	15

^aOSMF samples have 11 dysplasia and 12 without dysplasia tissues.