Immunohistochemical Analysis of Vimentin in Oral Submucous Fibrosis

Table 4

Pattern of vimentin scores of endothelium in mild OSF cases, severe OSF cases, and control group.

	Group	No.	Scores (0–3)				Mean ± SD	Mild v/s severe	Mild v/s normal	Severe v/s normal
			0	1	2	3
Endothelium	Mild	20	2	—	4	14	2.5 ± 1.0	𝑃=0.36 (N.S)	𝑃<0.01 (V.S) [0.006]	𝑃<0.01 (V.S) [0.0011]
	Severe	20	2	—	—	18	2.7 ± 0.9
	Normal	10	2	2	6	—	1.4 ± 0.8