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Table 3.

Cephalometric Measurements in Nose- and Mouth-Breathing Children

Cephalometric measures	Normal value	Nose breathers	Mouth breathers	p Value
SNA, °	82	85.67 ± 5.26	83.33 ± 3.99	0.20
SNB, °	80	80.83 ± 5.25	76.20 ± 4.04	0.01^a
ANB, °	2	4.58 ± 1.44	7.07 ± 2.46	0.004^a
NS.PlO, °	14	16.50 ± 5.28	22.00 ± 3.32	0.002^a
NS.GoGn, °	32	30.25 ± 7.21	38.53 ± 5.63	0.002^a
1.NA, °	22	26.58 ± 4.98	25.13 ± 6.91	0.54
1-NA, mm	4	5.25 ± 1.76	4.40 ± 2.72	0.35
1.NB,°	25	33.25 ± 6.34	30.27 ± 7.57	0.28
1-NB, mm	4	6.08 ± 1.62	6.87 ± 2.53	0.36
SPAS, mm	10	1.25 ± 3.47	4.47 ± 1.68	< 0.0001^a
PAS, mm	10	12.58 ± 2.97	9.93 ± 2.84	0.02^a
MP-H, mm	18	11.58 ± 7.25	14.40 ± 5.17	0.24
C₃-H, mm	35	34.33 ± 3.94	32.27 ± 2.60	0.11

Normal values from Lowe A,¹¹ Miles PG,¹² Guilleminault C,¹⁶ and Bibby RE.²⁷

Refers to statistically significant p value.