Table 2.

Intragroup comparison of intensity in all grades of OED and OSCC using Chi- Square test.

	PAS STAIN		ALCIAN BLUE – PAS STAIN				ALDEHYDE FUSCHIN- ALCIAN BLUE
			Neutral mucins		Acid mucins		Sulphated mucins		Carboxylated mucins
	JE/around the tumour islands	Deeper CT/away from the tumour islands	JE/around the tumour islands	Deeper CT/away from the tumour islands	JE/around the tumour island	Deeper CT/away from the tumour islands	JE/around the tumour islands	Deeper CT/away from the tumour islands	JE/around the tumour islands	Deeper CT/away from the tumour islands
Mild OED vs Moderate OED	0.12	0.066	0.09	0.03*	<0.001*	0.22	<0.001*	<0.001*	0.042*	0.0335*
Moderate OED vs Severe OED	0.007*	0.556	0.69	0.02*	<0.001*	0.002*	<0.001*	0.038*	0.010*	0.034*
Severe OED vs Mild OED	<0.001*	0.166	0.022*	0.95	0.057	0.004*	0.663	0.002*	0.004*	0.001*
Well OSCC vs Moderate OSCC	0.047*	0.26	0.445	0.700	0.002*	0.003*	0.481	0.071	0.486	0.104
Moderate OSCC vs Poor OSCC	0.164	0.063	0.017*	0.003*	0.001*	<0.001*	0.006*	0.469	<0.001*	<0.001*
Poor OSCC vs Well OSCC	0.409	0.415	0.001*	0.002*	0.039*	0.006*	0.001*	0.009*	<0.001*	0.006

Significant*.

OED- Oral epithelial dysplasia and OSCC- Oral squamous carcinoma.