Skip to main content
. 2021 Jan 29;71(2):140–152. doi: 10.1111/idj.12607

Table 2.

Bivariate analysis of factors associated with subscale and total scores of the OHIP-14 in patients with OLP (N = 300)

Study variables FL
PhyP
PsyD
PhyDis
PsyDis
SD
H
Total score
Med (IQR) P Med (IQR) P Med (IQR) P Med (IQR) P Med (IQR) P Med (IQR) P Med (IQR) P Med (IQR) P value
Gender
 Female 2 (0, 3) 0.224 4 (3, 6) 0.328 2 (1, 4) 0.057 3 (1, 5) 0.331 2 (0, 4) 0.042 1 (0, 3) 0.16 1 (0, 3) 0.166 15 (8, 26) 0.085
 Male 1 (0, 3) 4 (3, 6) 2 (0, 4) 2 (0, 4) 1 (0, 3) 1 (0, 2) 1 (0, 2) 11 (5, 21)
Ethnicity
 White 1 (0, 3) 0.014 4 (3, 6) 0.007 2 (1, 4) 0.177 2 (0, 4) 0.000* 1 (0, 3) 0.002* 1 (0, 3) 0.24 1 (0, 2) 0.016 13 (7, 22) 0.001*
 Mixed 1 (0, 2) 4 (3, 6) * 2 (0, 4) 1 (0, 4) 2 (0, 3) 1 (0, 2) 1 (0, 2) 12 (4, 23) *
 Asian 2 (0, 4) 5 (4, 7) 3 (1, 6) 4 (2, 6) ,* 2 (1, 5) 1 (0, 4) 2 (0, 4) ,* 20 (11, 33)
 Black 3 (1, 5) 6 (3, 7) 2 (1, 8) 5 (2, 8) 3 (2, 7) 2 (0, 2) 1 (0, 3) 26 (10, 39)
Smoking
 Non-smoker 1 (0, 3) 0.291 4 (3, 6) 0.724 2 (1, 4) 0.276 2 (0, 4) 0.672 2 (0. 3) 0.271 1 (0, 3) 0.352 1 (0, 2) 0.474 15 (7, 25) 0.451
 Ex-smoker 2 (0, 3) 4 (3, 6) 2(1, 5) 3 (1, 5) 2 (0, 4) 1 (0, 3) 1 (0, 2) 15 (9, 27)
 Current smoker
Alcohol
2 (0, 4) 4 (4, 7) 4 (0, 7) 3 (1, 6) 3 (1, 6) 2 (0, 5) 2 (0, 6) 19 (5, 43)
 No 2 (0, 4) 0.008 5 (4, 6) 0.042 3 (1, 5) 0.195 4 (2, 6) 0.000* 2 (0, 4) 0.028 1 (0, 4) 0.014 1 (0, 3) 0.269 19 (9, 33) 0.007
 ≤ 14 units/week 1 (0, 3) 4 (3, 6) 2 (1, 4) 2 (0, 4) 2 (0, 3) 1 (0, 3) 1 (0, 2) 14 (8, 23)
 > 14 units/week
Co-morbidity
1 (0, 2) 4 (2, 5) 3 (0, 4) 1 (0, 3) ,* 1 (0, 2) 0 (0, 1) 1 (0, 2) 12 (5, 18)
¶,*
 No (0, 2) 0.013 4 (2, 5) 0.01 2 (1, 4) 0.42 2 (0, 4) 0.044 2 (0, 3) 0.03 1 (0, 3) 0.496 1 (0, 2) 0.026 13 (5, 21) 0.03
 1 co-morbidity†† 1 (0, 2) 4 (3, 5) 2 (1, 4) 2 (1, 4) 1 (0, 2) 1 (0, 2) 1 (0, 2) 13 (7, 22)
 ≥ 2 co-morbidities
Clinical types*
 Keratotic
2 (0, 4) 5 (3, 6) 2 (1, 5) 3 (1, 5) 2 (0, 4) 1 (0, 3) 1 (0, 3) 17 (8, 29)

1 (0, 2)

0.116

4 (2, 4)

0.000*

2 (0, 4)

0.084

1 (0, 3)

0.006

1 (0, 3)

0.129

0 (0, 2)

0.001*

1 (0, 2)

0.082

10 (4, 21)

0.006*
 Erythematous†† 2 (0, 3) 4 (3, 6) 3 (1, 4) 3 (1, 4) 2 (0, 4) 1 (0, 3) 1 (0, 2) 15 (8, 24) ¶,*
 Erosive/ulcerative
Extraoral LP
2 (0, 3) 6 (4, 7) ¶,*,†† 3 (1, 5) 4 (2, 5) * 2 (1, 5) 2 (1, 4) ,*,††,* 2 (1, 3) 20 (11, 31)
 No 1 (0, 3) 4 (3, 6) 2 (0, 4) 2 (0, 4) 2 (0, 3) 1 (0, 3) 1 (0, 2) 15 (7, 24)
 Yes/genital 2 (0, 4) 0.54 4 (4, 6) 0.302 3 (2, 5) 0.054 3 (0, 6) 0.388 2 (1, 4) 0.09 1 (0, 3) 0.603 1 (0, 3) 0.535 15 (7, 29) 0.3
 Yes/skin
Treatment
 No/only Tanes
 TCS alone††
2 (1, 4) 0.06 5 (3, 7) 0.16 3 (2, 5) 0.01 4 (2, 6) 0.003* 3 (1, 4) 0.06 2 (1, 3) 0.03 2 (0, 4) 0.115 20 (12, 33) 0.01

0 (0, 1)

0.000*

2 (0, 4)

0.000*

1 (0, 2)

0.000*

0 (0, 2)

0.000*

0 (0, 1)

0.000*

0 (0, 1)

0.000*

0 (0, 1)

0.000*

5 (2, 10)

0.000*
2 (0, 3) ¶,* 4 (3, 6) ¶,* 2 (1, 5) ¶,* 3 (1, 4) ¶,* 2 (0, 4) ¶,* 1 (0, 3) 1 (0, 2) 16 (8, 24)
 TCS + other TTx 3 (1, 4) ¶,*,†† 6 (4, 7) ¶,*,†† 4 (2, 5) ¶,* 4 (3, 6) ¶,*,†† 3 (1, 4) ¶,*,†† 2 (1, 4) ¶,* 2 (1, 3) ¶,* 22 (13, 30) ¶,*,††
 TTx + STx 3 (0, 4) 5 (4, 7) ¶,* 2 (0, 4) 3 (1, 6) ¶,* 3 (1, 4) 3 (0, 6) ¶,* 2 (1, 4) 21 (6, 36)
Age (years)§ –0.065 0.262 –0.074 0.2 –0.188 0.001* –0.078 0.179 –0.125 0.031 –0.138 0.017 -0.087 0.131 –0.137 0.018
Disease duration (years)§ 0.038 0.507 0.065 0.262 –0.034 0.564 –0.042 0.474 –0.032 0.586 –0.026 0.651 -0.013 0.825 –0.017 0.766
NRS for pain§ 0.49 0.000* 0.632 0.000* 0.461 0.000* 0.588 0.000* 0.526 0.000* 0.477 0.000* 0.455 0.000* 0.622 0.000*
HADS-Anxiety§ 0.429 0.000* 0.377 0.000* 0.465 0.000* 0.394 0.000* 0.536 0.000* 0.446 0.000* 0.52 0.000* 0.534 0.000*
HADS-Depression§
HADS-total§
0.432 0.000* 0.386 0.000* 0.461 0.000* 0.427 0.000* 0.493 0.000* 0.419 0.000* 0.481 0.000* 0.528 0.000*
0.468 0.000* 0.42 0.000* 0.513 0.000* 0.442 0.000* 0.567 0.000* 0.473 0.000* 0.551 0.000* 0.583 0.000*
PSS-10§ 0.366 0.000* 0.383 0.000* 0.453 0.000* 0.37 0.000* 0.508 0.000* 0.45 0.000* 0.475 0.000* 0.508 0.000*
ODSS total§ 0.381 0.000* 0.534 0.000* 0.378 0.000* 0.482 0.000* 0.369 0.000* 0.373 0.000* 0.326 0.000* 0.494 0.000*
 ODSS-site§ 0.272 0.000* 0.355 0.000* 0.266 0.000* 0.349 0.000* 0.254 0.000* 0.237 0.000* 0.211 0.000* 0.343 0.000*
 ODSS-activity§ 0.307 0.000* 0.448 0.000* 0.313 0.000* 0.4 0.000* 0.286 0.000* 0.319 0.000* 0.271 0.000* 0.405 0.000*
All subjects 2 (0, 3) 4 (3, 6) 2 (1, 4) 2 (0, 4.5) 2 (0, 4) 1 (0, 3) 1 (0, 2) 15 (7, 25)

Bold value = P-value < 0.05.

STx, systemic treatment; Tanes, topical anaesthetic agents; TCS, topical corticosteroids; TTx, topical treatment.

Mann–Whitney U-test.

Kruskal–Wallis test.

§

Spearman's rho correlation coefficients.

Significant difference with the first reference group.

††

Significant difference with the second reference group.

Statistical significance at Bonferroni-corrected P-value of 0.003.