Table 4.
Distribution of patients with low, moderate, or high serum levels of iron and folic acid in 26 anemic burning mouth syndrome (BMS) patients with vitamin B12 deficiency (B12D/BMS patients) and in 16 non-anemic B12D/BMS patients.
| Group | Patient number (%) |
aP-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anemic B12D/BMS patients (n = 26) | Non-anemic B12D/BMS patients (n = 16) | ||
| Serum iron level (μg/dL) | |||
| < 60 | 9 (34.6) | 2 (12.5) | 0.158 |
| Between 60 and 100 | 15 (57.7) | 9 (56.3) | 0.819 |
| ≥ 100 | 2 (7.7) | 5 (31.2) | 0.085 |
| Serum folic acid level (ng/mL) | |||
| < 4 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | NA |
| Between 4 and 15 | 13 (50.0) | 9 (56.3) | 0.940 |
| ≥ 15 | 13 (50.0) | 7 (43.7) | 0.940 |
NA = not assessed.
a
Comparisons of frequencies of patients with low, moderate, or high serum levels of iron and folic acid between 26 B12D/BMS patients and 16 non-anemic B12D/BMS patients by chi-square or Fisher exact test, where appropriate.