Table 4.
Effect of obesity on AHI and craniofacial morphology on 22 patients (2 of the 24 patients had missing data on BMI).
| Measurements | Non-Obese (n = 16) |
Obese (n = 6) |
|---|---|---|
| AHI (events/h) | 19.5 | 13.1 |
| Total face height (cm) | 11.5 | 12.8 * |
| Upper face height (cm) | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| Lower face height (cm) | 5.3 | 6.3 * |
| Lateral facial height (cm) | 9.2 | 9.6 |
| Face width (cm) | 12.9 | 14.4 * |
| Eye width (cm) | 2.6 | 2.9 |
| Mandibular length (cm) | 6.6 | 7.3 |
| Mandibular width (cm) | 10.9 | 12.6 * |
| Neck width (cm) | 9.4 | 11.5 * |
| Neck depth (cm) | 9.9 | 12.8 * |
| Mid-face depth (cm) | 9.2 | 10.5 |
| Maxillary-mandibular relationship angle (°) | 7.7 | 6.9 |
| Mandibular width-length angle (°) | 79.1 | 80.7 |
| Mandibular plane angle (°) | 24.2 | 19.6 |
| Face width-midface depth angle (°) | 64.4 | 66.0 |
| Thyromental angle (°) | 132.6 | 145.0 |
| Cricomental distance (cm) | 5.6 | 5.5 |
| Cricomandibular distance (cm) | 5.1 | 8.8 |
| Cervicomental angle (°) | 129.8 | 149.7 * |
* p < 0.05.