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The prevalence of median rhomboid glossitis in diabetic patients: a case-control study
J Ghabanchi1, A Andisheh Tadbir, R Darafshi
1Department of Oral Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Background:
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most common disorders of endocrine glands which has a worldwide distribution and is a risk factor for oral pathology so; the purpose of the present study was to investigate the association between median rhomboid glossitis (MRG) and DM.
Methods:
We examined 202 Iranian patients with DM aged 10-86 years and 261 healthy subjects aged 10-28 years and the diagnosis of MRG was made based on clinical features.
Results:
The examination indicated that 13 (6.43%) diabetic patients and 4 (1.53%) of control group had MRG.There was a significant difference in the prevalence of MRG, between patients and control group. MRG showed no association with other variables (age, sex, duration of DM, drugs, FBS, A1C).
Conclusion:
In the present study the prevalence of MRG in diabetics was much higher than that of controls.
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