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. 2024 Sep 9;25:36. doi: 10.1186/s40510-024-00534-2

Table 3.

Descriptive statistics for the angle of insertion of the masseter muscle relative to Frankfort horizontal plane per vertical group

Outcomes Norm Hypo Hyper
N, n (min–max) Pooled mean (95% CI); I2 N, n (min–max) Pooled mean (95% CI); I2 N, n (min–max) Pooled mean (95% CI); I2
Masseter angle (°) 3; 103 [9–83] 69.3 (64.2–74.4); I2 = 0.95 3; 81 [5–65] 71.4 (69.2–73.5); I2 = 0.66 3; 48 [6–34] 65.2 (59.3–71.1); I2 = 0.86

N number of studies reporting the outcome in more than 1 patient; n total number of patients in the studies; min–max number of patients in the smallest and the largest study; I2 statistic for assessing the between-study heterogeneity (from 0 (no heterogeneity) to 1 (extreme heterogeneity))