Table 3. Demographic characteristics of the study group and distribution of calcifications by gender, age, and presence of different types of calcifications in the same person.

OSHC: ossified stylohyoid chain; CSHTC: calcified superior horn of thyroid cartilage; CAC: carotid artery calcification; CTC: calcified triticeous cartilage; CLN: calcified lymph node; LB loose bodies in the temporomandibular joint

		Male, n (%)	Female, n (%)	Age Group I (18–30)	Age Group II (31–50)	Age Group III (>51)
Demographic characteristics, Total n = 9,553		3,926 (41.1%)	5,627 (58.9%)	2,658 (27.88%)	4,308 (45.1%)	2,587 (27.1%)
Patients having calcifications, Total n = 3,418 (35.8%)		1,300 (38.0%)	2,118 (62.0%)	618 (18.1%)	1,662 (48.6%)	138 (33.3%)
STC types in the same person	Single type, n (%) = 2,575 (75.3%)	1,028 (39.9)	1,547 (60)	518 (20.1%)	1,229 (47.7%)	828 (32.2%)
	Two types, n (%) = 733 (21.5%)	241 (32.9)	492 (67.1)	93 (12.7%)	378 (51.6%)	262 (35.7%)
	Multiple types, n (%) = 110 (3.2%)	31 (28.2%)	79 (71.8%)	7 (6.4%)	55 (50.0%)	48 (43.6%)
OSHC		392 (39.7)	596 (60.3)	229 (23.2%)	457 (46.3%)	302 (30.5%)
CSHTC		238 (25.5)	696 (74.5)	102 (10.9%)	521 (55.8%)	311 (33.3%)
Tonsil stone		463 (52.9)	413 (47.1)	152 (17.4%)	384 (43.8%)	340 (38.8%)
CAC		143 (25.9)	410 (74.1)	86 (15.6%)	265 (47.9%)	202 (36.5%)
CTC		139 (28.5%)	349 (71.5%)	45 (9.2%)	277 (56.8%)	166 (34.0%)
Sialolith		73 (41.0%)	105 (59.0%)	41 (23.0%)	89 (50.0%)	48 (27.0%)
LB in TMJ		45 (37.5%)	75 (62.5%)	19 (15.8%)	52 (43.3%)	49 (40.9%)
CLN		38 (50.0%)	38 (50.0%)	9 (11.8%)	32 (42.1%)	35 (46.1%)
Antrolith		389 (48.1%)	41 (51.9%)	22 (27.8%)	40 (50.65%)	17 (21.6%)
Osteoma cutis		1	9	3 (30.0%)	3 (30.0%)	4 (40.0%)
Phlebolih		0	1	-	-	1
Rhinolith		6 (46.2%)	7 (53.8%)	4 (30.8%)	4 (30.8%)	5 (38.4%)
Mönckeberg arteriosclerosis		2	-	-	1	1
Undefined		22 (43.1%)	29 (56.9%)	14 (27.5%)	20 (39.2%)	17 (33.3%)