Table 2.
Distribution of the Study Population by Cytological Findings
| Variable | Category | Cases | Controls | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| buccal | tongue | buccal | tongue | ||
| Cytological atypia | |||||
| Normal | 84.0 | 90.0 | 70.0 | 71.0 | |
| Mild | 13.0 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | |
| Moderate | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Severe | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Total | 101.0 | 101.0 | 73.0 | 73.0 | |
| Keratinization | |||||
| Low | 6.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | |
| High | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Inflammatory cells infiltrate | |||||
| Acute | 5.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| Chronic | 8.0 | 13.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | |
| Evidence of Viral infection | |||||
| yes | 5.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | |
| No | 96.0 | 98.0 | 70.0 | 71.0 | |
| Candidiasis | |||||
| yes | 10.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | |
| No | 91.0 | 97.0 | 70.0 | 71.0 | |