Table 6. Mean comparison between the left and right sides of the submental artery using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test.
SA: submental artery.
*Statistically significant difference present in the origin of the submental artery between the left and right sides (p-value, 0.039).
Parameter | Group 1 | Group 2 | Z value | p-value | ||
Mean | Std. D. | Mean | Std. D. | |||
SA length | 36.12 | 6.17 | 35.87 | 4.43 | -0.206 | 0.837 |
SA diameter | 0.93 | 0.45 | 0.96 | 0.43 | -0.18 | 0.855 |
SA location to the landmark gonion | 18.63 | 5.28 | 20.07 | 5.49 | -1.05 | 0.294 |
SA origin | 16.13 | 4.03 | 18.99 | 5.34 | -2.069 | 0.039* |