Table 3 Characteristics of OLP patients
From: Malignant transformation of oral lichen planus: a retrospective study of 565 Japanese patients
n | (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 123 | (21.8) |
Female | 442 | (78.2) | |
Age | < 62 | 271 | (48.0) |
≥ 62 | 294 | (52.0) | |
Medical history | Hypertention | 118 | (20.9) |
Gastrointestinal disorder | 65 | (11.5) | |
Diabetes mellitus | 40 | (7.1) | |
Thyroid diseases | 31 | (5.5) | |
Cardiovascular diseases | 26 | (4.6) | |
Hepatitis C virus | 25 | (4.4) | |
Depression | 15 | (2.7) | |
Other liver diseases | 8 | (1.4) | |
Cutaneous lichen planus | 2 | (0.4) | |
Clinical type | Red type | 325 | (57.5) |
White type | 240 | (42.5) | |
Candidal prevalence | Positive | 194 | (34.3) |
Negative | 215 | (38.1) | |
Not examined | 156 | (27.6) |