Characteristics | No of sample (%) | MFAP4 | p value | TE | P value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Negative | Positive | Negative | Positive | ||||
Sex (patients) | |||||||
Male | 58 (96.7) | 15 | 43 | ns | 8 | 50 | ns |
Female | 2 (0.03) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Age (patients) | |||||||
< 40 | 42 (70) | 7 | 35 | 0.0475* | 3 | 39 | 0.0164* |
≥ 40 | 18 (30) | 8 | 10 | 6 | 12 | ||
Stage | |||||||
Normal | 10 (14.3) | 10 | 0 | < 0.0001*** | 10 | 0 | < 0.0001*** |
Early | 13 (18.6) | 10 | 3 | 6 | 7 | ||
Mid | 26 (37.1) | 4 | 22 | 3 | 23 | ||
Late | 21 (30) | 1 | 20 | 0 | 21 | ||
Betel quid chewing | |||||||
Yes | 60 (100) | 19 | 41 | ns | 15 | 45 | ns |
No | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Smoking | |||||||
Yes | 31 (51.7) | 10 | 21 | 0.2377 | 6 | 25 | 0.4743 |
No | 29 (48.3) | 5 | 24 | 3 | 26 | ||
Clinical feature | |||||||
Restriction of mouth opening | 35 (58.3) | 8 | 27 | 0.6227 | 4 | 31 | 0.4367 |
Burning senseation | 10 (16.7) | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | ||
Blister or ulcer | 14 (23.3) | 2 | 12 | 3 | 11 | ||
Eating stimulation pain | 21 (35) | 2 | 19 | 1 | 20 |