Table 1 Demographic data of patients involved in this study.

From: Cytokines Levels and Salivary Microbiome Play A Potential Role in Oral Lichen Planus Diagnosis

 

Total of patients (n = 15)

Histological diagnosis

p value

NSIL (n = 9)

OLP (n = 6)

Gender

   

0,622FT

   Female

6 (40,0%)*

3 (33,3%)

3 (50,0%)

 

   Male

9 (60,0%)

6 (66,7%)

3 (50,0%)

 

Age

   

0,498TT

   Mean (SD)

66,6 (7,0)

65,6 (8,7)

68,2 (3,0)

 

   Minimum; Maximum

56; 81

56; 81

66; 72

 

Smoking habit

   

>0,999TF

   Non-smoking

7 (46,7%)

4 (44,4%)

3 (50,0%)

 

   Smoking

8 (53,3%)

5 (55,6%)

3 (50,0%)

 

Symptoms

   

0,089TF

   No

10 (66,7%)

8 (88,9%)

2 (33,3%)

 

   Yes

5 (33,3%)

1 (11,1%)

4 (66,7%)

 

Medication

   

>0,999TF

   No

3 (20,0%)

2 (22,2%)

1 (16,7%)

 

   Yes

12 (80,0%)

7 (77,8%)

5 (83,3%)

 

Dental Prosthesis

   

0,329TF

   No

5 (33,3%)

2 (22,2%)

3 (50,0%)

 

   Yes

10 (66,7%)

7 (77,8%)

3 (50,0%)

 

Hypertension

   

>0,999TF

   No

3 (20,0%)

2 (22,2%)

1 (16,7%)

 

   Yes

12 (80,0%)

7 (77,8%)

5 (83,3%)

 

Diabetes

   

0,622TF

   No

9 (60,0%)

6 (66,7%)

3 (50,0%)

 

   Yes

6 (40,0%)

3 (33,3%)

3 (50,0%)

 
  1. NSIL: Nonspecific inflammatory lesions; OLP: Oral lichen planus;; TT: student’s t test; FT: Fisher’s exact test; SD: standard deviation. *Percentage in relation to total.