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. 2019 Jul 10;19:142. doi: 10.1186/s12903-019-0832-3

Table 3.

The percentage of LMP-1 expression according to the staining patterns in normal oral mucosa, OL without dysplasia, OL with dysplasia and OSCC

Tissue type (no. of total cases) Mean percentage of positive cells (mean ± SD)
Nucleus Cytoplasm Nuclear plus cytoplasm
Normal oral mucosa (10) 26.22 ± 12.26 * 0 ** 0.14 ± 0.31*
OL without dysplasia (27) 27.97 ± 9.38** 0.01 ± 0.04** 0.05 ± 0.20**
OL with dysplasia (42) 32.29 ± 16.38* 0.64 ± 2.26** 1.16 ± 4.02**
OSCC (36) 44.30 ± 17.86 3.18 ± 4.48 12.19 ± 22.29

OL = oral leukoplakia

OSCC = oral squamous cell carcinoma

*P < 0.05 and **P < 0.001 statistically significant difference compared with OSCC