Cytogenetic Abnormality in Exfoliated Cells of Buccal Mucosa in Head and Neck Cancer Patients in the Tunisian Population: Impact of Different Exposure Sources

Table 2

Anomalous cell frequency in buccal mucosa exfoliated cells (/1000 cells) of HNC patients and healthy controls.

	Controls				Cases
	Mean ± SD	Range	Median	5–95th percentiles	Mean ± SD	Range	Median	5–95th percentiles
Anomalies
MNC	2.36±2.11	0–9	1.37	0.51–7.20	5.53±3.09 *	2–14	4.33	2.03–11.70
BNC	3.09±1.82	1–8	3.00	0.99–7.10	5.63±2.99 *	1–16	5.00	2.76–13.05

SD: standard deviation; MN: cells with micronuclei; BN: binucleated cells.
∗Significantly different compared with the control group, 𝑃<0.001.