TABLE 1.
General characteristics of the study subjects
| Variables | Histopathological diagnosis | Total (%) | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral epithelial dysplasia | |||||||
| Keratosis | OLP/OLL | Low risk | High risk | OSCC | |||
| Sex | .827 | ||||||
| Male | 60 | 30 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 135 (47.5) | |
| Female | 58 | 35 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 149 (52.5) | |
| Lesion site | <.005 | ||||||
| Labia/buccal mucosae | 41 | 39* | 13 | 2* | 2 | 97 (34.2) | |
| Lateral tongue | 26 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 77 (27.1) | |
| Floor of the mouth | 16 | 4 | 7 | 14* | 4 | 45 (15.8) | |
| Alveolar ridge/palate | 35 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 65 (22.9) | |
| OLBC (2014 Bethesda System) | |||||||
| Undetermined significance | 95** | 10** | 6** | 0** | 1 | 112 (39.4) | <.005 |
| Cyto OLP/OLL | 5** | 49** | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57 (20.1) | |
| Low‐grade SIL | 15 | 5 | 36** | 4 | 0 | 60 (21.1) | |
| High‐grade SIL | 3** | 1 | 3 | 28** | 1 | 36 (12.7) | |
| OSCC | 0** | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17** | 19 (6.7) | |
| Total (%) | 118 (41.5) | 65 (22.9) | 48 (16.9) | 34 (12) | 19 (6.7) | 284 (100) | |
Abbreviations: OLBC, oral liquid‐based brush cytology; OLL, oral lichenoid lesion; OLP, oral lichen planus; OSCC, oral squamous cell carcinoma; SIL, squamous intraepithelial lesion
*
Post hoc adjusted p < .0025
**
Post hoc adjusted p < .002