Table 1.

Distribution of Patients According to Demographic Features and Clinical Presentations

Group		Group A (N)	Group B (N)	p-value
Age (Mean± Standard Deviation)		36.06± 12.56	34.53± 13.29	0.73***
Sex	Male	13	11	0.45**
	Female	4	6
Occupation	Student	5	3	0.67*
	Business	5	6
	Farmer	3	5
	Housewife	2	3
	Service	2	0
Chief complain	Burning sensation	10	7	0.08*
	Difficulty in mouth opening	7	5
	Both	0	5
Habit of areca nut consumption	Areca nut	1	0	0.56*
	Betel quid without tobacco	2	1
	Betel quid with tobacco	2	0
	Commercial product	6	7
	Two or more	6	9
Deleterious habits	Cigarette	2	7	0.11*
	Bidi	2	0
	Alcohol	2	0
	Cigarette and alcohol	1	2
	None	10	8
Clinical grading of OSF	Grade 1	1	0	0.60*
	Grade 2	15	14
	Grade 3	1	3

***Independent t test, p<0.05: statistically significant; **Chi-square test, p<0.05: statistically significant; *Fischer's exact test, p<0.05: statistically significant