The effect of smoking on clinical presentation and expression of TLR-2 and CD34 in Oral lichen Planus patients: clinical and immunohistochemical study

Table 1 Mean area percentage of TLR-2 and CD 34 immuoexpression in the control, non-smoker LP and smoker LP groups. (ANOVA and Tukey Post hock tests)

Groups	Control group	Non-smoker LP group	Smoker LP group	P value
Point of comparison
TLR-2 Mean ± SD n = 20	14.03 ± 0.59^a	37.76 ± 1.41^b	67.67 ± 1.51^c	P < 0.05
CD34 Mean ± SD n = 20	2.37 ± 0.04^a	6.05 ± 0.03^b	8.50 ± 0.06^c	P < 0.05

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