Table 6. Analysis of Burning Mouth Syndrome Original Articles

No Author (Year) Number of Patient Sex (Male/Female) Age Period Diagnostic Method Statistical Method
1 Seon JK, et al10) (2011) 30 7/23 62.57±13.81(AVR)Male:66.57±13.06(AVR)Female:61.34±14.08(AVR) 2011.6.-2011.9. BMI, VAS, DMSQ, OHIP-14, YDQ, USFR, HRV, DTDS Spearman rank correlation coefficient, Kruskal-Walis test
2 Kang K, et al23) (2012) 30 7/23 62.94±11.16(AVR)Male:69.84±3.35(AVR)Female:60.85±11.90(AVR) 2012.6.18.-2012.9.15. Self-assessed severity of BMS(5 questions), Qi-stagnation score, PPT(algometer) on CV17(膻中), Lt/Rt SP9(陰陵泉) Pearson’s correlation coefficient, Mann-Whitney U-test, One-way ANOVA (Tukey)
3 Son JY, et al25) (2013) 30 6/24 62.07±11.22(AVR)Male:62.33±11.60(AVR)Female:62.01±11.38(AVR) 2012.2.-2013.3.(3 weeks) BMS questionnaire(5 questions), VAS(severity of pain), PPT(algometer) of CV17(膻中) Paired t-test, Mann-whitney test
4 Lee EJ, et al21) (2016) 70(BMS patients group:35, Healthy control group:35) 2/68(BMS patients group:1/34,Healthy control group:1/34) BMS patients group:58.77±13.05Healthy control group:55.69±10.38 2014.12.1.-2015.6.15. BMI, VAS(severity of tongue pain), Number of Fungiform Papillae, YDQ, BSQ Independent t-test, Pearson’s correlation analysis, Bivariate logistic regression analysis, ROC curve, 2×2 table, Chi-square test, Mann-Whitney U-test
5 Lee JE, et al20) (2017) 60(BMS group:30, Healthy control group:30) 4/56(BMS group:4/26, Healthy control group:0/30) BMS group:57.45,Healthy control group:57.63 from 2016.4.1. BMI, Subjective discomfort about taste abnormality, Taste threshold test, OHIP-14, SQDQ independent t-test, Pearson’s correlation analysis
6 Hwang MN, et al18) (2018) 16 3/13 63.3±12.2Male:63.9±9.0Female:62.7±13.2 2017.3.1.-2018.2.28. BMI, Fissured tongue grade, NRS of pain and burning sensation on tongue, DTDS, USFR, Ryodoraku test, HRV, Analysis of accompanying symptoms Spearman rank correlation coefficient, Kruskal-Wallis test
7 Ko WH, et al24) (2018) 38 2/36 62.37±13.13Male:70.50±2.12Female:61.91±13.37 2018.3.1.-2018.6.30. DITI, HRV, USFR, DTDS Pearson correlation coefficient, Mann-Whitney U test
8 Kim DY, et al22) (2020) 30 0/30 62.17±11.18 2019.6.-2019.11. Ryodoraku test, YDQ, QSQ, VAS for the pain of BMS patient One sample t-test, Independent t-test, Mann-Whitney U-test, Shapiro-wilk test, Pearson correlation analysis
9 Lee HN, et al5) (2020) 39(Hyposalivation group:20, None-hyposalivation group:19) 5/34(Hyposalivation group:2/18, None-Hyposalivation group:3/16) Hyposalivation group:66.85±11.54,None-Hyposalivation group:57.79±15.20 2020.3.1.-2020.7.31. USFR, HRV, Ryodoraku test, DTDS, NRS of pain and burning sensation on tongue, Analysis of accompanying symptoms Chi-square test, Fisher extract test, Independent t-test, Mann-Whitney U test
10 Lee HJ, et al19) (2022) 272(HRV:217, Female of over 50 years old) 21/251 61.50±12.39Female of over 50 years old:65.08±9.36 2018.1.1.-2021.5.31. HRV, USFR, VAS for the pain of BMS patient Independent sample t-test, Mann-Whitney U-test, Logistic regression analysis, Linear regression analysis
Abbreviation description
AVR : Average, DITI : Digital Infrared Thermographic Imaging, NRS : Numerical Rating Score