Table 8.
Association between various habits with clinical grading of oral submucous fibrosis
| Habits | Grade I | % | Grade II | % | Grade III | % | Total | % | Chi-square | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paan masala without tobacco | ||||||||||
| No | 57 | 28.64 | 126 | 63.32 | 16 | 8.04 | 199 | 99.50 | 0.5777 | 0.7491 |
| Yes | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.50 | ||
| Gutkha | ||||||||||
| No | 32 | 38.10 | 44 | 52.38 | 8 | 9.52 | 84 | 42.00 | 7.9187 | 0.0191* |
| Yes | 25 | 21.55 | 83 | 71.55 | 8 | 6.90 | 116 | 58.00 | ||
| Paan | ||||||||||
| No | 31 | 21.68 | 99 | 69.23 | 13 | 9.09 | 143 | 71.50 | 11.5342 | 0.0031* |
| Yes | 26 | 45.61 | 28 | 49.12 | 3 | 5.26 | 57 | 28.50 | ||
| Combination | ||||||||||
| No | 53 | 29.94 | 113 | 63.84 | 11 | 6.21 | 177 | 88.50 | 7.2858 | 0.0262* |
| Yes | 4 | 17.39 | 14 | 60.87 | 5 | 21.74 | 23 | 11.50 | ||
| Total | 57 | 28.50 | 127 | 63.50 | 16 | 8.00 | 200 | 100.0 |
*P < 0.05 (P value less than 0.05 is considered to be significant)