Table 1.
Sociodemographic and risk factors for injuries according to the type of ulcer in this study.
| Recurrent Herpetiform Ulcers |
Major Recurrent Ulcers | Minor Recurrent Ulcers | Fisher’s Exact | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 10 | 0.01 | ||
| Female | 1 | 10 | 9 | |
| Age | ||||
| 18–30 | 2 | 9 | 0.005 | |
| 31–50 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 51–67 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0.02 |
| Single | 2 | 13 | ||
| Scholarship | ||||
| High school | 2 | 3 | 0.04 | |
| Basic | 1 | 8 | 6 | |
| Bachelor’s degree | 10 | |||
| Occupation | ||||
| Unemployed | 3 | 1 | 0.003 | |
| Student | 2 | 3 | ||
| Homework | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Employee | 14 | |||
| Medication consumption | ||||
| Not | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0.08 |
| Yes | 8 | 8 | ||
| Smoking | ||||
| Cigarette | 3 | 4 | 0.73 | |
| No | 1 | 7 | 15 | |
| Alcohol consumption | ||||
| 2 to 4 times a month | 1 | 0.02 | ||
| Never | 1 | 8 | 4 | |
| Once a year | 1 | 8 | ||
| Once a month | 7 | |||
| Ulcers evolution time | ||||
| Two to five days | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0.69 |
| Six to ten days | 6 | 8 | ||
| One day | 1 | |||
| Ulcers recurrence period | ||||
| Zero | 1 | 0.07 | ||
| One for year | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
| One for month | 5 | 5 | ||
| One for week | 3 | |||
| More than a year | 8 | |||