Table 1. | Summary of the demographic data and location distribution of large published series of giant cell fibromas in the literature |
| Authors | Weathers et al. (1974) [1] |
Houston (1982) [3] |
Bakos (1992) [8] |
Magnusson et al. (1995) [2] |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 108 | 464 | 116 | 103 | 791 |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 49 (45%) | 195 (42%) | 46 (40%) | 55 (53%) | 345 (44%) |
| Female | 59 (55%) | 269 (58%) | 70 (60%) | 48 (47%) | 446 (56%) |
| Race | |||||
| Caucasian | 69 (64%) | 415 (89.4%) | 113 (97%) | - | 597 (76.5%) |
| Black | 5 (5%) | 19 (4.1%) | - | - | 24 (3%) |
| Other | - | 2 (0.5%) | 3 (3%) | - | 5 (0.5%) |
| Not specified | 34 (31%) | 28 (6%) | - | 103 | 165 (20%) |
| Age | |||||
| 0 - 10 | 19 (18%) | 81 (17.5%) | 6 (5%) | 16 (15.5%) | 122 (15.4%) |
| 10 - 20 | 26 (24%) | 114 (24.6%) | 7 (6%) | 34 (33%) | 181 (22.9%) |
| 20 - 30 | 21 (19%) | 74 (15.9%) | 15 (13%) | 15 (14.6%) | 125 (15.8%) |
| 30 - 40 | 8 (7%) | 59 (12.7%) | 25 (22%) | 13 (12.7%) | 105 (13.3%) |
| 40 - 50 | 18 (17%) | 47 (10.1%) | 24 (21%) | 8 (7.7%) | 97 (12.3%) |
| 50 - 60 | 6 (6%) | 40 (8.6%) | 13 (11%) | 11 (10.7%) | 70 (8.8%) |
| 60 - 70 | 8 (7%) | 21 (4.5%) | 20 (17%) | 3 (2.9%) | 52 (6.6%) |
| 70 - 80 | 2 (2%) | 8 (1.7%) | 6 (5%) | 3 (2.9%) | 19 (2.4%) |
| Not specified | - | 20 (4.4%) | - | - | 20 (2.5%) |
| Location | |||||
| Gingiva | 48 (45%) | 227 (48.9%) | 32 (29%) | 55 (53.4%) | 362 (45.8%) |
| Maxilla | 13 (12%) | 84 (18.1%) | - | 17 (16.6%) | 114 (34%) |
| Mandible | 35 (33%) | 143 (30.8%) | - | 38 (36.8%) | 216 (65%) |
| Buccal mucosa | 16 (15%) | 27 (5.8%) | 23 (20%) | 12 (11.7%) | 78 (9.9%) |
| Palate | 16 (15%) | 86 (18.5%) | 16 (13%) | 4 (3.9%) | 122 (15.4%) |
| Tongue | 18 (16%) | 102 (22%) | 22 (19%) | 24 (23.3%) | 166 (21%) |
| Lips | 2 (1.5%) | 12 (2.5%) | 5 (4%) | 1 (0.9%) | 20 (2.5%) |
| Floor of mouth | 1 (1%) | 1 (0.3%) | 2 (2%) | - | 4 (0.5%) |
| Not specified | 4 (4%) | 7 (1.5%) | - | 7 (6.8%) | 18 (2.3%) |
| Other | 3 (2.5%) | 2 (0.5%) | 16 (13%) | - | 21 (2.6%) |
N = number of number of patients. |
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