Table 4.
Comparisons of frequencies of macrocytic, normocytic or microcytic anemia between 170 burning mouth syndrome (BMS) patients with hyperhomocysteinemia and 714 BMS patients without hyperhomocysteinemia.
| Anemia type | Patient number (%) |
aP-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BMS patients with hyperhomocysteinemia (n = 170) | BMS patients without hyperhomocysteinemia (n = 714) | ||
| Macrocytic anemia | 24 (14.1) | 6 (0.8) | <0.001 |
| Normocytic anemia | 47 (27.7) | 48 (6.7) | <0.001 |
| Microcytic anemia | 6 (3.5) | 44 (6.2) | 0.250 |
| Total | 77 (45.3) | 98 (13.7) | <0.001 |
a
Comparison of frequencies of macrocytic, normocytic or microcytic anemia between 170 BMS patients with hyperhomocysteinemia and 714 BMS patients without hyperhomocysteinemia by chi-square test.