The prevalence of oral mucosal lesions and related factors in systemic lupus erythematosus patients

Table 1 Age, gender, cigarette smoking and medications other than those used for SLE treatment

Oral manifestation	Oral involvement	No oral involvement	Total	p value
Gender				0.396
Male	4	2
Female	38	16
Age				0.251
Less than 18 years	7	2
Between 18 and 45 years	21	10
More than 45 years	14	6
Oral hygiene				0.014
Good	24	8
Medium–poor	18	10
Dental status				0.0541
Dentulous	29	8
Edentulous	13	10
Smoking				0.826
Smoker	18	7
Non-smoker	24	11
Disease duration				0.001
Less than 3 months		1	2
3–6 months		3	9
6–12 months		6	9
More than 12 months		8	8
Pregnancy				0.018
Pregnant	30	13
Not pregnant	12	5
Steroids				0.046
Not taking	0	0
Less than 7.5 mg	10	10
7.5–60 mg	16	4
More than 60 mg	26	4
Other SLE drugs	52	13		0.006

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