Table 3.
Clinicopathological details
| Parameters | Number (%) | Porphyromonas gingivalis | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | High | ||||
| Age (years) | 55.8 ± 12.7 | 95 (100) | 55.7 ± 12.6 | 56.5 ± 14.6 | 0.860 |
| Gender | Male | 65 (68.4) | 57 | 8 | 0.999 |
| Female | 30 (31.6) | 27 | 3 | ||
| Systemic disease | No | 69 (72.6) | 61 | 8 | 0.999 |
| Yes | 26 (27.4) | 23 | 3 | ||
| Pathologic staging | pStage I + II | 69 (72.6) | 65 | 4 | 0.008 |
| pStage III + IV | 26 (27.4) | 19 | 7 | ||
| Smoking | No | 45 (47.4) | 39 | 6 | 0.612 |
| Yes | 50 (52.6) | 45 | 5 | ||
| Alcohol consumption | No | 57 (60.0) | 50 | 7 | 0.999 |
| Yes | 38 (40.0) | 34 | 4 | ||
| Location | Buccal | 21 (24.2) | 21 | 2 | 0.447 |
| Tongue | 52 (54.7) | 47 | 5 | ||
| Gingiva | 11 (11.6) | 9 | 2 | ||
| Floor of mouth | 5 (5.3) | 4 | 1 | ||
| Hard palate | 4 (4.2) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Differentiation grade | Well | 17 (19.1) | 16 | 1 | 0.735 |
| Moderate | 65 (73.0) | 57 | 8 | ||
| Poor | 7 (7.9) | 6 | 1 | ||
| FimA genotypes | I + Ib | 20 (21.1) | 17 | 3 | 0.795* |
| II | 30 (31.6) | 27 | 3 | ||
| III | 4 (4.2) | 4 | 0 | ||
| IV | 20 (21.1) | 16 | 4 | ||
| V | 2 (2.1) | 2 | 0 | ||
| I + Ib + II | 1 (1.1) | 1 | 0 | ||
| I + Ib + III | 2 (2.1) | 2 | 0 | ||
| I + Ib + IV | 1 (1.1) | 1 | 0 | ||
| I + Ib + V | 1 (1.1) | 1 | 0 | ||
| II + IV | 3 (3.2) | 3 | 0 | ||
| I + Ib + II + IV | 1 (1.1) | 1 | 0 | ||
| Untyped | 10 (10.5) | 9 | 1 | ||
| Treatment† | Surgery | 64 (68.1) | 60 | 4 | – |
| Surgery + RT or CRT** | 30 (31.9) | 23 | 7 | ||
| Outcome† | Recurrence | 24 (25.5) | 25 | 0 | 0.033 |
| Disease-free | 70 (74.5) | 58 | 11 | ||
| Disease-free time (months) | 23, 10 | 94 (98.9) | 22, 13.8 | 27, 8 | 0.029 |
*Chi-square test was used among fimA genotype I + Ib, II, III, IV, V
†One patient dropped out in follow-up
**RT: Radiotherapy, CRT: Chemo-radiotherapy