ABSTRACT
The prevalence of oral lichen planus was studied in 729 persons with diabetes and was found to be in 0.55% of cases. This result was compared with the results obtained from a group of controls without diabetes and from a sample of the general population of similar age and sex distribution. No statistical differences were observed.
Subject(s)
Diabetes Complications , Lichen Planus/etiology , Mouth Diseases/etiology , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Argentina/epidemiology , Child , Female , Humans , Lichen Planus/epidemiology , Male , Middle Aged , Mouth Diseases/epidemiology , PrevalenceABSTRACT
The prevalence of the oral lichen planus and its distribution by sex, age and clinical forms was studied in population's samples and series of cases. The prevalence rates observed ranged from 0.129 to 0.38% with the highest values (0.66%) in the oldests groups of age. In the series of cases no significant differences were observed in sex distributions with increased values of prevalence, in both sexes, over 40 years of age and the highest values in the fifth decade of life. Atypical clinical forms, specially erosive forms, predominated in the series of cases but not in the population samples. Their true occurrence must be establish by epidemiological works on wider samples of people.
Subject(s)
Lichen Planus/epidemiology , Mouth Diseases/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Age Factors , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Argentina/epidemiology , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Middle AgedABSTRACT
The prevalence of the oral lichen planus and its distribution by sex, age and clinical forms was studied in populations samples and series of cases. The prevalence rates observed ranged from 0.129 to 0.38
with the highest values (0.66
) in the oldests groups of age. In the series of cases no significant differences were observed in sex distributions with increased values of prevalence, in both sexes, over 40 years of age and the highest values in the fifth decade of life. Atypical clinical forms, specially erosive forms, predominated in the series of cases but not in the population samples. Their true occurrence must be establish by epidemiological works on wider samples of people.
ABSTRACT
The prevalence of the oral lichen planus and its distribution by sex, age and clinical forms was studied in populations samples and series of cases. The prevalence rates observed ranged from 0.129 to 0.38
with the highest values (0.66
) in the oldests groups of age. In the series of cases no significant differences were observed in sex distributions with increased values of prevalence, in both sexes, over 40 years of age and the highest values in the fifth decade of life. Atypical clinical forms, specially erosive forms, predominated in the series of cases but not in the population samples. Their true occurrence must be establish by epidemiological works on wider samples of people.
Subject(s)
Mouth Abnormalities/epidemiology , Mouth Diseases/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Argentina , Humans , Male , Mouth Mucosa/pathologySubject(s)
Mouth Mucosa/pathology , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Argentina/ethnology , Child , Child, Preschool , Epithelium/pathology , Female , Humans , Hyperplasia/epidemiology , Hyperplasia/pathology , Indians, South American , Infant , Male , Middle AgedSubject(s)
Mouth Neoplasms/epidemiology , Spinal Neoplasms/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Age Factors , Aged , Argentina , Cervical Vertebrae , Female , Humans , Lymphatic Metastasis , Male , Middle Aged , Sex FactorsABSTRACT
Five cases of focal epithelial hyperplasia in Argentina from 1968 to 1974 are reported. There was an age range from 11 to 27 years, with an average of 18 years. Three of the patients were born in Jujuy in the northwest corner of the country. Two of these cases were observed in an epidemiologic study carried out among 8,895 20-year-old Argentine men from different areas.