Markers

     Score

No. Of + ve samples

< 1.0% (score 0)

1-10% (score1)

10 – 50% (score 2)

> 50% (score 3)

PAHS exposed uninvolved skin (n=113)

P53

101

12

15

80

6

Bax

107

6

6

23

78

Bcl-2

3

110

3

0

0

SCC cases (n=9)

P53

9

0

1

4

4

Bax

8

0

0

2

6

Bcl-2

0

9

0

0

0
Table 3: Apoptotic markers expression score in uninvolved skin and SCC cases of PAHs exposed group.