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Table 2 Distribution of patients with OPMLs+ODFs in the tongue (T patients) or in all the other oral mucosal regions (O patients) or in Buccal Mucosa (BM patients) with respect to DNA diploid or aneuploid status.

From: Chromosomal aberrations and aneuploidy in oral potentially malignant lesions: distinctive features for tongue

  

OPMLs+ODFs

 
 

O patients vs. T patients

(OR = 6.1; p= 0.0008)*

 
  

T patients vs. BM patients

(OR = 7.0; p = 0.001)§

 

O patients

T patients

BM patients

DNA diploid

68

8

52

DNA aneuploid

18 (21%)

13 (62%)

12 (10%)

Total

86

21

64

  1. *Once stratified for presence/absence of dysplasia in the OPMLs, ORM-H = 5.5 (p = 0.002).
  2. §Once stratified for presence/absence of dysplasia in the OPMLs, ORM-H = 5.9 (p = 0.001).
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