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Table 1.

Elastic Fiber Parameters for Varying Grades of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) and Epithelial Dysplasia.

Fiber Parameter	Chi-square (P value)	Mild Dysplasia (n=20)	Moderate Dysplasia (n=20)	Severe Dysplasia (n=20)	Well-diff. OSCC (n=20)	Moderately Diff. OSCC (n=20)	Poorly Diff. OSCC (n=20)
Elastic fiber density	114.33 (<0.001)
Scanty		–	4	20	12	–	20

Moderate		18	16	–	8	6	–

Abundant		2	-	6	-	14	–

Morphology	120.00 (<0.001)
Short, thick, wavy		20	20	-	20	20	–

Long, thin, straight		-	-	20	-	-	20

Grouping pattern	10.17 (0.071)
Single		18	20	20	20	20	20

In bunches		2	–	-	-	-	-

Staining intensity	93.9 (<0.001)
Weak		14	2	2	2	–	2

Moderate		2	12	16	16	4	16

Strong		4	6	2	2	16	2

Orientation to overlying epithelium	75.16 (<0.001)
Parallel		20	20	–	16	14	4

Perpendicular		–	–	20	4	6	16

Orientation to tumor islands	20.04 (<0.001)
Parallel		NA	NA	NA	18	6	4

Haphazard		NA	NA	NA	2	14	16

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2019 July; 10(3): e0014. ISSN: 2076-9172

Published online 2019 July 18. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10367