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Table 2 Age and gender distribution in relation to alleles in cases and controls

From: The 2G allele of promoter region of Matrix metalloproteinase-1 as an essential pre-condition for the early onset of oral squamous cell carcinoma

 

OSCC cases

Controls

 

2G/2G

1G/2G

1G/1G

p

2G/2G

1G/2G

1G/1G

p

Age*

54.8 ± 15.1

57.5 ± 13.2

60.1 ± 10.9

0.277

52.2 ± 14.8

52.3 ± 14.5

48.1 ± 14.2

0.387

Gender #

        

   males

46 (59.7%)

53 (67.1%)

8 (57.1%)

0.570

38 (59.4%)

46 (64.8%)

20 (69%)

0.640

   females

31 (40.3%)

26 (32.9%)

6 (42.9%)

 

26 (40.6%)

25 (35.2%)

9 (31%)

 
  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SD or number of subjects (%).
  2. * One-way ANOVA test.
  3. # χ2 test.
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