Table 1.
Comparisons of mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and mean blood levels of hemoglobin (Hb), iron, vitamin B12, folic acid, and homocysteine between 143 burning mouth syndrome (BMS) patients with iron deficiency (ID/BMS patients) and 442 healthy control subjects.
| Group | MCV (fL) | Hb (g/dL) |
Iron (μg/dL) |
Vitamin B12 (pg/mL) | Folic acid (ng/mL) | Homocysteine (μM) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | |||||
| ID/BMS patients (n = 143) | 87.6 ± 9.2 | 13.2 ± 1.5 (n = 28) | 12.2 ± 1.4 (n = 115) | 46.5 ± 9.7 (n = 28) | 43.8 ± 13.9 (n = 115) | 604.7 ± 271.6 | 13.2 ± 6.3 | 9.8 ± 6.3 |
| aP-value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.008 | <0.001 |
| Healthy control subjects (n = 442) | 90.4 ± 3.6 | 15.1 ± 0.8 (n = 106) | 13.5 ± 0.7 (n = 336) | 105.2 ± 28.0 (n = 106) | 97.8 ± 27.2 (n = 336) | 694.2 ± 220.2 | 14.7 ± 5.7 | 8.3 ± 2.0 |
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Comparisons of means of parameters between 143 ID/BMS patients and 442 healthy control subjects by Student's t-test.