Table 4.

Logistic regression analysis on the correlation between the two factors (age and gender) and the presence of hematinic deficiencies

	Factor	OLP patients				Healthy controls
		β	OR	95%CI	P	β	OR	95% CI	P
Serum ferritin deficiency	Age	0.074	1.077	1.045–1.109	< 0.001	0.029	1.029	0.998–1.061	0.066
	Gender	−2.798	0.061	0.012–0.300	0.001	−18.763	–	–	0.997
Serum folate deficiency	Age	0.002	1.002	0.962–1.043	0.933	0.057	1.059	0.986–1.136	0.115
	Gender	2.567	13.028	3.130–54.222	< 0.001	2.437	11.435	0.928–140.956	0.057
Serum vitamin B12 deficiency	Age	0.009	1.009	0.988–1.030	0.413	−0.003	0.997	0.968–1.027	0.866
	Gender	0.187	1.205	0.572–2.541	0.623	0.339	1.403	0.456–4.322	0.555
Anemia	Age	0.040	1.041	1.006–1.077	0.021	0.015	1.015	0.976–1.056	0.460
	Gender	−2.010	0.134	0.017–1.079	0.059	−18.155	–	–	0.997