Table 1.

Dimensions of cervical pedicles obtained with CT

	FW (mm)	FH (mm)	PW (mm)	FA (°)	PTA (°)	LMA (°)
C3
Mean	6.2 ± 0.8	5.0 ± 0.5	5.4 ± 0.8	18.8 ± 2.9	41.8 ± 0.8	3.1 ± 3.0
Female	6.1 ± 0.8	5.0 ± 0.6	5.0 ± 0.8	17.9 ± 3.0	39.8 ± 5.8	2.8 ± 3.0
Male	6.2 ± 0.7	5.0 ± 0.5	5.6 ± 0.7	19.3 ± 2.7	42.2 ± 4.8	3.3 ± 3.1
C4
Mean	6.3 ± 0.9	5.4 ± 0.7	5.4 ± 0.7	20.3 ± 3.3	45.4 ± 0.7	5.3 ± 3.5
Female	6.3 ± 0.8	5.4 ± 0.6	5.3 ± 0.6	18.9 ± 2.5	43.4 ± 5.0	4.4 ± 3.3
Male	6.4 ± 0.9	5.4 ± 0.7	5.6 ± 0.6	21.0 ± 3.6	46.3 ± 6.7	5.7 ± 3.5
C5
Mean	6.3 ± 0.8	5.4 ± 0.7	5.7 ± 0.8	20.5 ± 3.2	42.8 ± 0.8	4.9 ± 3.6
Female	6.1 ± 0.7	5.3 ± 0.6	5.2 ± 0.7	19.6 ± 3.2	42.5 ± 5.7	4.7 ± 3.6
Male	6.3 ± 0.8	5.5 ± 0.7	5.9 ± 0.8	21.0 ± 5.5	42.9 ± 5.5	5.0 ± 3.7
C6
Mean	6.3 ± 0.8	5.7 ± 1.0	6.1 ± 0.8	19.2 ± 2.8	37.1 ± 0.8	1.0 ± 2.4
Female	6.3 ± 0.8	5.7 ± 1.1	5.6 ± 0.6	18.5 ± 2.5	37.6 ± 3.6	0.2 ± 2.6
Male	6.4 ± 0.8	5.6 ± 1.0	6.4 ± 0.7	19.5 ± 2.9	37.1 ± 3.3	1.3 ± 2.2

The values are presented as the mean ± SD

The underlined values indicate significant sex differences, P < 0.01