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Table 3 Comparison of psychological profile and laboratory parameters in patients with BMS

From: Effects of self-perceived psychological stress on clinical symptoms, cortisol, and cortisol/ACTH ratio in patients with burning mouth syndrome

 

Non-psychological stress (n=73)

Psychological stress (n=68)

 

Mean ± SD or n (%)

Mean ± SD or n (%)

p-value

SCL-90R

 SOM

45.71 ± 9.49

51.19 ± 13.09

0.006**

 O-C

43.03 ± 8.42

46.28 ± 9.91

0.038*

 I-S

42.07 ± 8.17

46.07 ± 10.43

0.013*

 DEP

43.49 ± 10.32

48.66 ± 12.79

0.010*

 ANX

44.75 ± 8.78

48.62 ± 10.89

0.023*

 HOS

45.14 ± 10.08

51.96 ± 17.89

0.007**

 PHOB

53.81 ± 59.15

56.24 ± 46.37

0.786

 PAR

42.56 ± 6.72

46.07 ± 13.02

0.049*

 PSY

43.86 ± 7.94

47.25 ± 14.16

0.086

Laboratory parameters

 T3 (ng/dL)

143.18 ± 23.09

169.93 ± 159.67

0.212

 T4 (ng/dL)

6.85 ± 1.42

65.16 ± 236.98

0.161

 TSH (μIU/mL)

2.10 ± 1.41

36.72 ± 183.45

0.156

 Vitamin B12 (pg/mL)

727.12 ± 350.24

682.38 ± 293.69

0.458

 Folate (ng/mL)

10.14 ± 6.12

43.48 ± 182.24

0.169

 Ferritin (ng/mL)

66.63 ± 57.89

126.30 ± 228.57

0.058

 ESR (mm/hr)

19.40 ± 36.71

21.49 ± 16.89

0.353

 ADH (pg/mL)

3.89 ± 2.43

5.71 ± 4.20

0.007**

 Cortisol (μg/dL)

6.39 ± 2.61

14.02 ± 4.04

<0.001***

 ACTH (pg/mL)

35.56 ± 19.51

44.33 ± 22.05

0.016*

 Cortisol/ACTH

0.23 ± 0.19

0.39 ± 0.25

<0.001***

  1. The results were obtained using the Mann–Whitney U test. *: p<0.05. **: p<0.01. ***: p<0.001. Statistical significance was set at p<0.05. The results are shown in bold. SCL-90R Symptom checklist-90-revised, SOM Somatization, O-C Obsessive-compulsive, I-S Interpersonal sensitivity, DEP Depression, ANX Anxiety, HOS Hostility, PHOB Phobic anxiety, PAR Paranoid ideation, PSY Psychosis, T3 Triiodothyronine, T4 Thyroxine, TSH, Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone, ESR Eerythrocyte sedimentation rate, ADH Antidiuretic hormone, ACTH Adrenocorticotropic hormone, n number, SD Standard deviation.