Increased Micronuclei Frequency in Oral and Lingual Epithelium of Treated Diabetes Mellitus Patients

Table 2

Nuclear cells characteristic (mean%  ± SD) in controls and patients with DM1 and DM2.

Group	MN			NB			KL			KR			PN			CC			DIF
		SD			SD			SD			SD			SD			SD			SD
Buccal
Controls	0.07	0.06		0.76	0.42		6.14	2.69		4.17	2.53		1.19	0.65		3.47	1.42		84.20	6.10
DM1	0.75	0.31	0.001	1.24	0.48	0.846	23.99	5.54	0.001	14.38	6.13	0.001	1.80	0.70	0.762	15.98	3.11	0.001	41.88	12.02	0.001
DM2	0.52	0.27	0.001	2.40	1.80	0.001	19.40	7.72	0.001	10.02	5.39	0.001	4.04	2.10	0.001	6.00	3.58	0.001	57.62	16.16	0.001
Lingual
Controls	0.06	0.05		0.69	0.34		6.21	2.41		3.89	1.34		1.12	0.52		3.75	1.84		84.27	4.48
DM1	0.81	0.22	0.001	1.33	0.42	0.088	25.81	3.56	0.001	14.78	5.22	0.001	1.28	0.55	1.000	13.41	4.14	0.001	42.59	6.32	0.001
DM2	0.41	0.21	0.001	1.67	1.17	0.001	18.66	8.12	0.001	8.77	4.11	0.001	3.22	1.62	0.001	6.27	3.90	0.002	61.01	14.22	0.001

, frequency. SD, standard deviation. , value. MN, micronuclei. NB, nuclear buds. KL, karyolytic cells. KR, karyorrhexis. PN, pyknotic nucleus. CC, condensed chromatin. DIF, normal differentiated cell.