Table 1.
Characteristics of the patient cases included in the study.
| Hyperkeratosis | Low-grade dysplasia | High-grade dysplasia | OSCC | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Progressing | Control | Progressing | Control | Progressing | |||
| Age (Mean) | 57+/− 8 | 77+/− 8 | 58+/− 8 | 63+/− 10 | 58+/− 8 | 63+/− 8 | 66+/− 14 | |
| Sex | Male | 3 (60%) | 3 (60%) | 5 (71.4%) | 1 (16.7%) | 3 (37.5%) | 5 (62.5%) | 7 (70%) |
| Female | 2 (40%) | 2 (40%) | 2 (28.6%) | 5 (83.3%) | 5 (62.5%) | 3 (37.5%) | 3 (30%) | |
| Location | Tongue | 1 (2%) | 3 (6%) | 3 (6.1%) | 4 (8.2%) | 5 (10.2%) | 4 (8.2%) | 6(12.2%) |
| FOM | 0 | 0 | 1 (2%) | 1 (2%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Palate | 1 (2%) | 1 (2%) | 2 (4.1%) | 0 | 1 (2%) | 1 (2%) | 0 | |
| Buccal mucosa and lip | 1 (2%) | 0 | 1 (2%) | 1 (2%) | 1 (2%) | 3 (6.1%) | 3 (6.1%) | |
| Gingiva and Retromolar pad | 2 (4.1%) | 1 (2%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (2%) | 0 | 1 (2%) | |
| Total | 49 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 |