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.