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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2011 Jan 5;40(4):353–359. doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2010.11.018

Table 1.

Correlation of hard and soft tissue changes within each time interval.

Time interval Hard/soft tissue chin Lower incisor/lower lip
r* P Variability
explained
** 		r* P Variability
explained
Presurgery to
splint removal		 0.92 <0.001 85% 0.12 0.62 1.4%
Splint removal to
1 year
postsurgery		 0.77 <0.001 59% 0.21 0.36 4.4%
Presurgery to 1
year postsurgery		 0.86 <0.001 74% 0.55 0.01 30%
*

Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r)

**

Coefficient of determination