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2018
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Tab 5
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Research Article
Prevalence and Distribution of Oral Mucosal Lesions by Sex and Age Categories: A Retrospective Study of Patients Attending Lebanese School of Dentistry
Table 5
Most frequent extraoral and oral mucosal lesions by sex categories.
Females (
)
Males (
)
value
Oral mucosal lesions
61 (59.8)
49 (64.5)
0.526
†
Coated tongue
16 (15.7)
15 (19.7)
0.481
†
Melanotic macule
7 (6.9)
13 (17.1)
0.032
†
Gingivitis
9 (8.8)
8 (10.5)
0.702
†
Linea alba
7 (6.9)
4 (5.3)
0.457
‡
Tabagic keratosis/leucoderma
5 (4.9)
4 (5.3)
0.587
‡
Tongue depapillation
6 (5.9)
3 (3.9)
0.734
‡
Extraoral lesions
50 (49.0)
32 (42.1)
0.360
†
Lentigo naevus
31 (30.4)
15 (19.7)
0.108
†
Cicatrix
7 (6.9)
6 (7.9)
0.794
†
Lymph nodes
8 (7.8)
2 (2.6)
0.121
‡
Varicosity
2 (2.0)
5 (6.6)
0.120
‡
Acne
3 (2.9)
4 (5.3)
0.341
‡
Dry lips
3 (2.9)
3 (3.9)
0.512
‡
†
Pearson chi-square test;
‡
Fisher’s exact test.