Integrity of the Oral Tissues in Patients with Solid-Organ Transplants

Table 3

Comparison of results with other studies.

Author	Type of transplant	No. of patients	Age (years)	Gingival enlargement (%)	Candidiasis (%)	Fissured tongue (%)	Coated tongue (%)	Hairy leukoplakia (%)	Labial herpes (%)
de la Rosa et al. [14]	R	90	31.4 ± 29	48.9	18.7	NR	22.2	12.2	7.8
Al-Mohaya et al. [13]	R	58	39.2±12.8	74.1	15.50	NR	22.4	8.6	NR
López-Pintor et al. [17]	R	500	53.6±13.4	NR	7.4	NR	NR	0.2	2.6
Diaz-Ortiz et al. [14]	L	53	57.6±9.1	20.8	NR	39.6	28.3	3.8	3.8
Güleç and Haberal [12]	R	100	35.0±11.0	39	26.0	35.0	22.0	NR	0.0
Sahebjamee et al. [11]	R	100	42.9±12.4	7	16.0	NR	NR	NR
Dongari-Bagtzoglou et al. [16]	R; C	81; 9	52.7±11.9; 56.4±12.3	NR	7.8	NR	NR	NR	NR
Present study	R-C-L	40	49.4±13.9	10	7.5	17.5	NR	0.0	2.5
	R	14	40 ± 11.4
	C	8	42 ± 16.3
	L	17	58.2±7.7

Type of transplant: R: renal, L: liver, C: cardiac.
NR: not reported.