Salivary expression of lncRNA DQ786243 and IL-17 in oral lichen planus: case–control study

BMC Oral Health

Table 3 Effect of age and gender on the measured variables

	Gender			Age
	Females	Males	P value	≤ 40 years old	> 40 years old	P value
Pain—VAS	4.792 ± 3.501^a	4.667 ± 3.994^a	0.895	3.05 ± 2.44^b	6.71 ± 2.92^a	< 0.001*
Clinical score—Thongprasom et al	2.750 ± 1.567^a	2.600 ± 1.682^a	0.789	1.72 ± 1.18^b	3.52 ± 1.44^a	< 0.001*
Salivary lncRNA DQ786243	4.086 ± 2.398^a	4.144 ± 2.827^a	0.808	4.88 ± 2.11^a	5.36 ± 2.11^a	0.486
Salivary IL-17	6.557 ± 3.859^a	6.559 ± 4.478^a	0.970	8.26 ± 2.72^a	8.53 ± 3.07^a	0.777

VAS visual analogue scale, lncRNA long non-coding RNA, IL interleukin
*Significant (P ≤ 0.05); Means with different letters in the same row indicates significant difference

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