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Table 1 Oral manifestations in patients with spa and healthy controls

From: Oral manifestations associated with inflammatory bowel disease and early endoscopic findings in patients with spondyloarthritis

Characteristics

Patients (N = 80)

Healthy controls (N = 52)

P value

n

%

n

%

Oral manifestation

 Inflammatory lymph node manifestation

5

78.0

1

2.0

0.900

Oral lesions associated with IBD

    

0.050†

 Present

29

37.0

28

56.0

 

 Nonpresent

49

63.0

22

44.0

 

 Indeterminate

2

    

Type of associated lesion

 Angular Cheilitis

2

2.6

0

0.0

0.200

 Perioral erythema with scaling

1

1.3

0

0.0

0.300

 Aphthous stomatitis

3

3.8

0

0.0

0.091

 Gingivitis

43

55.0

21

42.0

0.001†

 Candidiasis

0

0.0

1

2.0

0.300

 Indeterminate

2

    

Oral lesions nonassociated with IBD

    

0.700

 Nonpresent

58

74.0

39

81.0

 

 Physiological pigmentation

2

2.6

3

6.2

 

 Traumatic ulcer

7

9.0

2

4.2

 

 Traumatic fibroma/IFH

2

2.6

1

2.1

 

 Leukoedema

1

1.3

0

0.0

 

 Subprosthetic stomatitis

1

1.3

2

4.2

 

 Nicotinic stomatitis

1

1.3

0

0.0

 

 Palatine/lingual torus

3

3.8

0

0.0

 

 Amalgam tattoo

1

1.3

0

0.0

 

 Mucocele

1

1.3

0

0.0

 

 Traumatic petechiae

1

1.3

0

0.0

 

 Leukoplakia

0

0.0

1

2.1

 

 Indeterminate

2

 

4

  
  1. IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; PD, presumptive diagnosis; IFH, inflammatory fibrous hyperplasia
  2. Statistically significant difference (Fisher exact test)