Table 1.
Distribution of cholesteatoma samples according to age range and histopathologic pattern (atrophy, acanthosis, basal layer hyperplasia, presence of epithelial cones, and perimatrix inflammatory process).
| < 16 years | ≥ 16 years | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VARIABLE | CATEGORY | n | (%) | n | (%) | P |
| Absent | 5 | (31,3) | 6 | (17,6) | ||
| Atrophy | Present | 11 | (68,7) | 28 | (82,4) | 0,297(a) |
| Absent | 0 | (0,0) | 6 | (17,6) | ||
| Acanthosis | Present | 16 | (100,0) | 28 | (82,4) | 0,159(a) |
| Basal layer hyperplasia | Absent | 0 | (0,0) | 3 | (8,8) | |
| Present | 16 | (100,0) | 31 | (91,2) | 0,542(a) | |
| Absent | 6 | (37,5) | 13 | (38,2) | ||
| Epithelial cones | Present | 10 | (62,5) | 21 | (61,8) | 0,960(b) |
| Absent | 1 | (6,7) | 1 | (3,1) | ||
| Inflammatory process | Present | 14 | (93,3) | 31 | (96,9) | 0,541(a) |
(a)
Fisher”s exact test
(b)
Chi-square association test