Table 1.
Comparisons of mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean blood concentrations of hemoglobin (Hb), iron, vitamin B12, folic acid, and homocysteine between 68 burning mouth syndrome (BMS) patients with microcytosis (MCV < 80 fL) or 816 BMS patients without microcytosis and 442 healthy control subjects as well as between 68 BMS patients with microcytosis and 816 BMS patients without microcytosis.
| Group | MCV (fL) | Hb (g/dL) |
Iron (μg/dL) |
Vitamin B12 (pg/mL) | Folic acid (ng/mL) | Homocysteine (μM) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | |||||
| BMS patients with microcytosis (n = 68) | 70.9 ± 5.6 | 13.2 ± 1.0 (n = 11) | 11.5 ± 1.1 (n = 57) | 89.6 ± 45.8 (n = 11) | 67.5 ± 37.5 (n = 57) | 631.1 ± 265.9 | 11.8 ± 6.5 | 8.7 ± 3.9 |
| aP-value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.103 | <0.001 | 0.033 | <0.001 | 0.190 |
| bP-value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.727 | <0.001 | 0.786 | 0.003 | 0.266 |
| BMS patients without microcytosis (n = 816) | 91.2 ± 4.8 | 14.7 ± 1.4 (n = 201) | 13.2 ± 1.1 (n = 615) | 92.5 ± 25.5 (n = 201) | 91.3 ± 30.4 (n = 615) | 640.3 ± 268.4 | 14.6 ± 7.4 | 9.3 ± 4.3 |
| aP-value | 0.002 | 0.007 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.001 | <0.001 | 0.805 | <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 |
a
Comparisons of means of parameters between 68 BMS patients with microcytosis or 816 BMS patients without microcytosis and 442 healthy control subjects by Student's t-test.
b
Comparisons of means of parameters between 68 BMS patients with microcytosis and 816 BMS patients without microcytosis by Student's t-test.