Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: RESULTS: We found that 57 (20.9%), 55 (20.1%), 13 (4.8%), and 7 (2.6%) RAS patients had deficiencies of hemoglobin (Men < 13 g/dl, Women < 12 g/dl), iron (<60 μg/dl), vitamin B12 (<200 pg/ml), and folic acid (<4 ng/ml), respectively. Moreover, 21 (7.7%) RAS patients had abnormally high blood homocysteine level. RAS patients had a significantly higher frequency of hemoglobin, iron, vitamin B12, or folic acid deficiency and of abnormally elevated blood homocysteine level than healthy control subjects (all P-values = 0.000 except for folic acid P = 0.022). If 273 RAS patients were further divided into 32 patients with major-typed RAS (MjRAS) and 241 patients with minor-typed RAS ( MiRAS), we found that male MjRAS patients had a significantly lower mean hemoglobin concentration than MiRAS patients (P = 0.021), but MjRAS patients had a significantly higher mean homocysteine level than MiRAS patients (P = 0.000). CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Andy Sun, Hsin-Ming Chen, Shih-Jung Cheng, Yi-Ping Wang, Julia Yu-Fong Chang, Yang-Che Wu, Chun-Pin Chiang |
Journal | Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology
(J Oral Pathol Med)
Vol. 44
Issue 4
Pg. 300-5
(Apr 2015)
ISSN: 1600-0714 [Electronic] Denmark |
PMID | 25048341
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | © 2014 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. |
Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Anemia, Iron-Deficiency
(blood)
- Chi-Square Distribution
- Female
- Folic Acid Deficiency
(blood)
- Hemoglobins
(deficiency)
- Homocysteine
(blood)
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Stomatitis, Aphthous
(blood)
- Vitamin B 12 Deficiency
(blood)
- Young Adult
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