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. 2012:2012:254013.
doi: 10.1100/2012/254013. Epub 2012 Apr 30.

Role of hemoglobin and serum iron in oral submucous fibrosis: a clinical study

Hegde Karthik  1 , Preeti Nair, Harshkant P Gharote, Kavita Agarwal, Guruprasad Ramamurthy Bhat, Divyashree Kalyanpur Rajaram
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Role of hemoglobin and serum iron in oral submucous fibrosis: a clinical study

Hegde Karthik et al. ScientificWorldJournal. 2012.

Abstract

Background: Oral submucous fibrosis is a chronic, insidious oral mucosal condition affecting the most parts of the oral cavity with high malignant transformation rate triggered by areca nut chewing, nutritional deficiencies, immunologic processes, and genetic predisposition. OSF causes significant hematological abnormalities resulting in anemia and a decrease in serum iron levels.

Aim: The aim of this study was to estimate the hemoglobin and serum iron levels among patients with oral submucous fibrosis and to compare the values with healthy subjects.

Materials and methods: In this hospital-based study 30 diagnosed patients of OSMF and 15 healthy individuals were included, and the values of hemoglobin and serum iron levels were estimated using Sahli's and Ferrene methods.

Results: OSMF patients showed significantly lower levels of hemoglobin and serum iron when compared with the healthy subjects.

Conclusion: The findings of the study emphasizes on the assessment of hemoglobin and serum iron for patients with oral submucous fibrosis. Also iron therapy should be instituted concomitantly with the initial diagnosis which helps to cease the further progression of the condition. Further extensive studies are indicated to understand the correlation between OSMF and iron deficiency.

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Figure 1
Gender distribution in study groups.
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Figure 2
Age distribution in OSMF group in years.
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Figure 3
Mean hemoglobin (%) level in OSMF and control groups.
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Figure 4
Mean serum iron levels in OSMF and control groups.
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Figure 5
Mean hemoglobin (%) level in OSMF stage I, OSMF stage II and control groups.
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Figure 6
Mean serum iron level in OSMF stage I, OSMF stage II and control groups.
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Figure 7
Pearson's correlation coefficient graph of hemoglobin (%) levels and serum iron levels in OSMF stage II showing a significant correlation (correlation value: −0.0754).
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