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. 2024 Sep 11;16(9):e69176. doi: 10.7759/cureus.69176

Table 2. Summary statistics of the PSC and VELO total survey scores among subjects stratified by age group and cleft type.

VELO and PSC were completed on the same day. The survey score data are represented as s, mean PSC/VELO score, standard deviation, and range (minimum-maximum). The data are further stratified by age group and cleft type.

s: survey pairs; x̄: mean; SD: standard deviation, CL: cleft lip, CP: cleft palate, CLP: cleft lip and palate

      PSC VELO
  s SD Range SD Range
3-5 years old 88 7.9 6.6 0-28 17.9 16.0 0-65
   CL 15 6.7 5.6 0-19 8.9 11.2 0-31
   CP 40 6.0 5.6 0-20 16.3 15.9 0-51
   CLP 33 10.8 7.2 0-28 23.9 16.0 0-65
6-8 years old 60 12.0 9.3 0-37 16.6 14.6 0-74
   CL 3 6.0 5.3 0-10 20.3 31.8 2-57
   CP 30 11.5 8.9 0-37 14.1 9.3 0-27
   CLP 27 13.1 9.9 0-37 19.0 17.3 0-74