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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2009 Sep;136(3):312.e1–313. doi: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2008.12.018

Table IV.

Comparison of landmark identification DEO variability by AP, CC, and ML directions of the MPR views

MPR
DEO Landmark AP CC ML P
A-point 0.74 2.01 0.68 <0.0001
ANS 1.43 0.73 0.66 0.0001
B-point 0.69 2.19 1.32 0.0036
Condylion 1.82 1.01 2.55 <0.0001
Gnathion 1.04 1.80 1.40 0.2089
Gonion 1.71 1.75 1.22 0.1393
Labrale inferius 0.65 1.14 1.11 0.0828
Labrale superius 0.66 1.41 0.99 0.0056
Lower stomion 1.57 1.00 1.11 0.0205
Mand inc tip 0.63 0.67 2.06 <0.0001
Max inc tip 0.62 0.76 1.99 <0.0001
Menton 1.65 0.75 1.43 0.0146
Nasion 0.66 0.83 0.65 0.6016
Orbitale 2.80 0.80 5.76 <0.0001
Pogonion 0.69 1.91 1.35 0.0018
Porion 1.46 3.46 7.14 <0.0001
Sella 0.65 0.66 1.05 0.0807
Soft-tissue A-point 0.78 1.93 0.79 <0.0001
Soft-tissue B-point 0.90 1.63 1.20 0.0949
Soft-tissue gnathion 1.73 1.95 1.44 0.423
Soft-tissue nasal tip 0.98 1.47 0.68 0.0057
Soft-tissue pogonion 1.31 3.98 1.44 <0.0001
Subnasale 1.51 1.23 0.75 0.0485
Upper stomion 1.19 0.93 1.20 0.4621
Average 1.16 1.50 1.67

Bonferroni adjustment = .05/23 = .0022.