Research Article
A Study to Analyze Different Patterns of Quid Usage among Subjects with Oral Submucous Fibrosis in Mangalore Population
Table 2
Distribution of cases based on the type of quid.
| | Type of quid | Composition of the quid | Number of patients | Percentage |
| | Traditional forms | | | | | Type I | Betel leaf and areca nut | None | None | | Type II | Betel leaf, areca nut and slacked lime | 14 | 5.6% | | Type III | Betel leaf, areca nut, lime, and tobacco | 18 | 7.2% |
| | Processed forms | | | | | Type IV | Processed areca nut | 76 | 30.4% | | Type V | Processed areca nut and processed tobacco | 98 | 39.2% |
| | Type VI | Combined quid usage | 44 | 17.6% |
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