Clinicopathological findings

N = 29

SOCS1 methylated cases (%) N = 14

SOCS3 methylated cases (%) N = 25

Sex

Male

10

5 (50.0)

10 (100.0)

Female

19

9 (47.4)

15 (78.9)

Age

≤60 years

9

6 (66.7)

8 (88.9)

>60 years

20

8 (40.0)

17 (85.0)

Location

Buccal mucosa

22

9 (40.9)

19 (86.4)

Tongue

3

2 (66.7)

2 (66.7)

Gingiva

2

2 (100.0)

2 (100.0)

Palate

2

1 (50.0)

2 (100.0)

Smoking history

Smoking

10

4 (40.0)

8 (80.0)

Non-smoking

17

9 (52.9)

15 (88.2)

Unknown

2

1 (50.0)

2 (100.0)

Clinical feature of

Reticular type

16

8 (50.0)

14 (87.5)

OLP

Erosive type

13

6 (46.2)

11 (84.6)