Table 4.
Descriptive statistics of mean scores of micronuclei in Papanicolaou stain in patients diagnosed with leukoplakia, oral submucous fibrosis and oral squamous cell carcinoma
| Groups | n | Micronuclei | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | P | ||
| Normal | 15 | 1.33 | 0.49 | 0.0001 |
| Leukoplakia | 15 | 7.67 | 1.39 | |
| OSF | 15 | 9.93 | 1.43 | |
| OSCC | 15 | 11.40 | 1.72 | |
| Pairwise comparison | Control-leukoplakia=0.000 | |||
| Control-OSF=0.000 | ||||
| Control-OSCC=0.000 | ||||
| Leukoplakia-OSF=0.000 | ||||
| Leukoplakia-OSCC=0.000 | ||||
| OSF-OSCC=0.021 | ||||
SD: Standard deviation, OSF: Oral submucous fibrosis, OSCC: Oral squamous cell carcinoma