Persistence and stability of sublingual varices over time and their connection to underlying factors: an 8 year follow up study

Table 4 Background variables, cardiovascular risk factors and disease among subjects with sublingual varices (SV) at baseline (n72)

	SV n72	nSV n26	SV n46	p value
	Baseline	Follow up	Follow up	p value
Male/female, n/n (%/%)	42/30 (41.7/58.3)	12/14 (46.2/53.8)	30/16 (65.2/34.8)	0.115**
Mean age, years (SD)	61.5 (10.6)	64.7 (9.3)	72.5 (10.5)	0.002*
BMI, kg/m² (SD)	27.1 (3.8)	27.7 (3.7)	26.7 (4.5)	0.374*
Smoking, n (%)	8 (11.1)	2 (7.7)	5 (11.1)	1.000***
Snuff user, n (%)	15 (20.8)	7 (26.9)	5 (10.9)	0.104***
Hyperlipidaemia, n (%)	9 (12.5)	6 (23.1)	12 (27.9)	0.658**
Hypertension, n (%)	26 (36.1)	14 (53.8)	24 (52.2)	0.891**
Diabetes type 2, n (%)	6 (8.3)	3 (11.5)	9 (19.6)	0.517***
Cardiovascular disease, n (%)	6 (8.3)	2 (7.7)	9 (19.6)	0.307***

The group was divided by the presence or absence of sublingual varices at follow-up (SV/nSV). The variable distributions at follow-up were compared between the two groups
^*Student’s t test
^**Pearson Chi-square test
^***Fisher’s exact test

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