Helicobacter pylori infection is correlated with the incidence of erosive oral lichen planus and the alteration of the oral microbiome composition

Table 1 Demographic and clinical parameters of the saliva study samples found no statistically significant differences in age and gender of each group

Characteristics	NC-	NC+	OLP-	OLP+	*p value*
Characteristics	(n = 10)	(n = 11)	(n = 9)	(n = 21)	*p value*
Age (mean ± SD)	46.44 ± 3.772	48.30 ± 3.211	48.30 ± 3.211	46.71 ± 2.618	0.45^a
Male/female	7/3	11/0	8/1	16/5	0.5^b
Smoking habit;	0	0	0	0
Alcohol drinking;	0	0	0	0
Antibiotics usage;	0	0	0	0
Systemic disease;	0	0	0	0

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