Table 2.

Result of cytology (n = 20).

Item	Category	Median (IQR)
Tongue	Total amount of cells	2129.0 (1695.0–7497.0)
	ACE2 receptor negative	993.0 (556.0–1864.3)
	ACE2 receptor positive	478.0 (144.3–1051.0)
	Positive proportion (%)	18.2 (8.7–25.1)
Palate	Total amount of cells	2597.5 (1555.8–4029.5)
	ACE2 receptor negative	1498.0 (879.0–2120.0)
	ACE2 receptor positive	44.5 (14.5–107.5)
	Positive proportion (%)	2.0 (0.9–2.7)
Gingiva	Total amount of cells	7923.5 (5457.0–14,661.8)
	ACE2 receptor negative	2984.0 (1208.3–4715.0)
	ACE2 receptor positive	1323.5 (629.0–2272.3)
	Positive proportion (%)	14.6 (7.7–20.6)

IQR: interquartile range.