Table 7.
Descriptive statistics of mean scores of micronuclei in H&E stain in patients diagnosed with leukoplakia, oral submucous fibrosis and oral squamous cell carcinoma
| Groups | n | Micronuclei | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | P | ||
| Control | 15 | 00 | 0.00 | 0.0001 |
| Leukoplakia (A) | 15 | 3.00 | 0.75 | |
| OSF (B) | 15 | 4.40 | 1.12 | |
| SCC (C) | 15 | 5.40 | 1.40 | |
| Pairwise comparison | Control-leukoplakia=0.000 | |||
| Control-OSF=0.000 | ||||
| Control-OSCC=0.000 | ||||
| Leukoplakia-OSF=0.033 | ||||
| Leukoplakia-OSCC=0.000 | ||||
| OSF-OSCC=0.001 | ||||
SD: Standard deviation, OSF: Oral submucous fibrosis, SCC: Squamous cell carcinoma, OSCC: Oral squamous cell carcinoma