Table 9.
Chi-square test; prevalence of mandibular condyle shapes by the vertical skeletal pattern
| Variable | Shapes | Hypodivergent | Normodivergent | Hyperdivergent | Total (%) | p-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left (%) | Right (%) | Left (%) | Right (%) | Left (%) | Right (%) | Left | Right | |||||
| Coronal condyle shape | Angled | 28.6 | 28.6 | 27.3 | 28.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 24.0 | 0.196 | 0.181 | ||
| Concave | 8.6 | 8.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 6.6 | |||||
| Convex | 31.4 | 31.4 | 36.4 | 34.8 | 38.2 | 38.2 | 35.1 | |||||
| Flattened | 5.7 | 5.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 5.9 | |||||
| Round | 25.7 | 25.7 | 27.3 | 27.3 | 32.4 | 32.4 | 28.1 | |||||
| Sagittal condyle shape | Bird beak | 11.4 | 17.1 | 13.6 | 21.2 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 18.9 | 0.516 | 0.862 | ||
| Crooked finger | 11.4 | 8.6 | 10.6 | 9.1 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 8.1 | |||||
| Diamond | 17.1 | 17.1 | 19.7 | 19.7 | 20.6 | 20.6 | 19.3 | |||||
| Oval | 60.0 | 57.1 | 56.1 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 53.7 | |||||