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Table 4.

Comparison of CBCT measurements between OSA and snorer groups.

Parameter	OSA	Snorers	T-TEST
	Mean ± SD (N=46)	Mean ± SD (N=34)	P-value
Minimum Area (mm²)	3.3 ± 42.7 Median=64.7	95.2 ± 42.3 Median=86.1	0.012^‡
AP (mm)	5.5 ± 2.14 Median=5.04	5.9 ± 2.47 Median=5.45	0.586^‡
Lateral (mm)	6.3 ± 5.61	18.9 ± 5.02	0.035
Airway Length (mm)	45.6 ± 4.97	44.9 ± 5.03	0.520
Vertical Soft Palate (mm)	35.2 ± 6.97	33.9± 5.96	0.377
Horizontal Soft Palate (mm)	23.0 ± 4.41	21.7 ± 4.41	0.183
Volume (cm³)	8.3 ± 3.59	8.9 ± 2.76	0.427
Uniformity	0.39 ± 0.14	0.48 ± 0.14	0.008
Average Area (mm²)	180.5 ± 74.0	195.5 ± 51.0	0.118

^‡

Wilcoxon Rank Sums test