Table 5.
Comparison of mean miRNA expression fold change between different grades of OSMF as per Kerr et al. grading system and Khanna & Andrade et al. staging system using Kruskal Wallis test.
Grading | N | Mean | SD | Min | Max | H | P-Value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grade 1 | 3 | 5.34 | 4.39 | 1.9 | 10.3 | - | - |
Grade 2 | 51 | 15.01 | 24.99 | 0.0 | 123.0 | - | - |
Grade 3 | 3 | 4.45 | 2.89 | 1.5 | 7.3 | - | - |
Grade 4 | 1 | 2.23 | . | 2.2 | 2.2 | 3.302 | 0.65 |
Grade 4B | 2 | 32.54 | 4.04 | 29.7 | 35.4 | - | - |
Grade 5 | 1 | 11.04 | . | 11.0 | 11.0 | - | - |