A Study to Analyze Different Patterns of Quid Usage among Subjects with Oral Submucous Fibrosis in Mangalore Population

Table 3

Association between the type of quid and clinical staging.

Quid	Stage
	I	II	III
Betel leaf and areca nut ()	—	—	—
Betel leaf, areca nut, and slacked; lime ()	12 (85.71%)	2 (14.28%)	0
Betel leaf, areca nut, lime, and tobacco (	12 (66.66%)	6 (33.33%)	0
Processed areca nut (	44 (57.89%)	24 (31.57%)	8 (10.52%)
Processed areca nut and processed tobacco ()	42 (42.85%)	42 (42.85%)	14 (14.28%)
Combined quid usage ()	22 (50%)	20 (45.45%)	2 (4.54%)

= 16.64; SIG.