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Table 2 Oral mucosal normal variations and lesions

From: Prevalence of oral mucosal normal variations and lesions in a middle-aged population: a Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 study

 

Total

Male

Female

p-value

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

No changes

1755 (89.5)

803 (88.1)

952 (90.7)

0.069

Normal variations

64 (3.3)

37 (4.1)

27 (2.6)

0.064

Vesiculobullous lesions

1 (0.1)

1 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

0.465

Ulcerative lesions

4 (0.2)

3 (0.3)

1 (0.1)

0.343

White lesions

128 (6.5)

74 (8.1)

54 (5.1)

0.008

Red-blue lesions

25 (1.3)

12 (1.3)

13 (1.2)

0.876

Pigmented lesions

13 (0.7)

3 (0.3)

10 (1.0)

0.090

Verruca-papillary lesions

3 (0.2)

2 (0.2)

1 (0.1)

0.600

CTL: tongue and buccal mucosal swellings

18 (0.9)

9 (1.0)

9 (0.9)

0.762

CTL: gingival swellings

5 (0.3)

3 (0.3)

2 (0.2)

0.668

CTL: floor of mouth swellings

1 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.1)

1.000

  1. CTL = connective tissue lesions