A Perspective on Tongue Diagnosis in Patients with Breast Cancer

Table 2

Comparison of tongue features between patients with BC and control subjects.

Tongue features	Control	Breast cancer	value
	n = 155	n = 122
Tongue shape, n (%)
Small	19 (12.3%)	40 (32.8%)	<0.001
Median	100 (64.5%)	68 (55.7%)
Enlarged	36 (23.2%)	14 (11.5%)
Tongue color, n (%)
Pale	33 (21.3%)	60 (49.2%)	<0.001
Pink	89 (57.4%)	53 (43.4%)
Red	24 (15.5%)	0 (0.0%)
Bluish	9 (5.8%)	9 (7.4%)
Fur thickness, n (%)
Thin	122 (78.7%)	63 (51.6%)	<0.001
Thick	33 (21.3%)	59 (48.4%)
Fur color, n (%)
White	127 (81.9%)	46 (37.7%)	<0.001
Yellow	28 (18.1%)	76 (62.3%)
Saliva, n (%)
Normal	126 (81.3%)	70 (57.4%)	<0.001
Wet	29 (18.7%)	52 (42.6%)

values were performed by chi-square test (or Fisher’s exact) for categorical variables. , , and .