Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of 85 RAU patients.
| Parameters | RAU patients |
|
|---|---|---|
| N | % | |
| Age (years) | 47.54 ± 14.02a | |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 50 | 58.8 |
| Female | 35 | 41.2 |
| Duration (years) | 6.64 ± 6.57a | |
| Number of ulcers present | 2.67 ± 3.49a | |
| Area of ulcers (cm2) | 0.444 ± 0.446a | |
| VAS | 6.46 ± 1.99a | |
| Ulcer siteb | ||
| Tongue | 46 | 54.1 |
| Lip | 29 | 34.1 |
| Buccal mucosa | 7 | 8.2 |
| Floor of the mouth | 5 | 5.9 |
| Pharyngeal mucosa | 4 | 4.7 |
RAU, recurrent aphthous ulcer; SD, standard deviation; VAS, visual analog scale.
a
Mean ± SD.
b
Some patients presented with more than one ulcer.