Table 4. Soft palate thickness in the relaxed and elevated positions.
| Sequence | 1.5 T |
3 T |
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| Relaxed (mm) | Elevated (mm) | Relaxed (mm) | Elevated (mm) | |
| 1 | 9.3 (1.1) | 13.0 (1.7) | 10.1 (1.4) | 14.2 (2.1)a |
| 2 | 9.5 (2.0) | 13.2 (2.0) | 9.6 (1.0) | 13.9 (1.8) |
| 3 | 11.6 (1.5) | 13.9 (1.5) | 10.5 (1.2) | 14.7 (2.9) |
| 4 | 11.8 (1.7) | 14.5 (1.5) | 11.1 (2.4) | 15.5 (2.1)a |
| p-value | <0.05 | NS | NS | <0.05 |
NS, not significant.
Data are mean values, with standard deviation in parentheses. No significant pairs were found in the relaxed data at 1.5 T.
ap<0.05 elevated thickness in Sequence 1 vs Sequence 4 at 3 T.