TABLE 1.

Demographic and clinical parameters of the saliva samples found no statistically significant differences in age (P = 0.526 b) and gender (P = 0.471 a) of each group.

Characteristics	Healthy controls (n = 20)	Reticular OLP patients (n = 20)	Erosive OLP patients (n = 20)
Age (mean ± SD)	40.35 ± 12.29	41.32 ± 10.06	44.37 ± 9.84
Male/female	6/14	8/12	6/12
Symptom score	0	0–2	0–3
Sign score	0	1	2–5
Body mass index (mean ± SD)	21.65 ± 2.85	23.44 ± 3.25	23.83 ± 3.65
Cigarette smoking/alcohol drinking	0	0	0
Number of remaining teeth (mean ± SD)	29.65 ± 2.85	29.05 ± 1.90	29.11 ± 1.70