Table 2 Clinicopathological data of OSCC patients and Healthy controls
Category | Healthy controls N = 20 (%) | Well differentiated OSCC N = 20 (%) | Moderate differentiated OSCC N = 20 (%) | Poorly differentiated OSCC N = 20 (%) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age in years^ | 37.5 (19) | 47.5 (16) | 48 (20) | 42 (19) | 0.17Ã’ |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Male | 12 (21.8) | 17 (30.9) | 14 (25.5) | 12 (21.8) | 0.27* |
 Female | 8 (32) | 3 (12) | 6 (24) | 8 (32) | |
Habits | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No Habits | 20 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | _ |
 Pan/Naswar | 0 (0) | 7 (50) | 4 (28.6) | 3 (21.4) | |
 Guthka | 0 (0) | 2 (22.2) | 3 (33.3) | 4 (44.4) | |
 Betel Nuts | 0 (0) | 1 (10) | 5 (50) | 4 (40) | |
 Smoking | 0 (0) | 4 (36.4) | 3 (27.3) | 4 (36.4) | |
 ≥ Two habits | 0 (0) | 6 (37.5) | 5 (31.3) | 5 (31.3) | |
Frequency | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 1–5/day | 0 (0) | 4 (25) | 4 (25) | 8 (50) | 0.59** |
 6–10/day | 0 (0) | 5 (41.7) | 5 (41.7) | 2 (16.7) | |
 11–15/day | 0 (0) | 8 (40) | 7 (35) | 5 (25) | |
 16–20/day | 0 (0) | 3 (25) | 4 (33.3) | 5 (41.7) | |
Duration | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 < 5 years | 0 (0) | 3 (60) | 1 (20) | 1 (20) | 0.84** |
 5–10 years | 0 (0) | 4 (36.4) | 3 (27.3) | 4 (36.4) | |
 11–15 years | 0 (0) | 6 (26.1) | 10 (43.5) | 7 (30.4) | |
 16–20 years | 0 (0) | 7 (33.3) | 6 (28.6) | 8 (38.1) | |
Site | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Buccal mucosa | 0 (0) | 11 (35.5) | 9 (29) | 11 (35.5) | 0.82** |
 Tongue | 0 (0) | 3 (30) | 4 (40) | 3 (30) | |
 Lower buccal sulcus | 0 (0) | 2 (50) | 2 (50) | 0 (0) | |
 Lower lip | 0 (0) | 2 (66.7) | 0 (0) | 1 (33.3) | |
 Palate | 0 (0) | 1 (25) | 2 (50) | 1 (25) | |
 Retromolar area | 0 (0) | 1 (20) | 1 (20) | 3 (60) | |
 Upper sulcus | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) |