Table 1.
Mean and standard deviation of the 14 factors of sleep apnea cephalometry and the respective p values of the comparison among the groups
| Measurements | Brachyfacial | Mesiofacial | Dolichofacial | p values | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Cranial base | |||||||
| Anterior base of the cranium (N-S) | 69.82 | 5.49 | 67.86 | 4.27 | 66.45 | 5.34 | 0.203 |
| Maxilla/mandibulla | |||||||
| Maxillary length (ANS-PNS) | 53.93 | 3.88 | 54.12 | 3.39 | 53.44 | 3.87 | 0.877 |
| Mandibular length (Me-Goc) | 70.74 | 6.27 | 72.01 | 6.50 | 70.96 | 3.38 | 0.803 |
| Nasopharynx | |||||||
| Atlas-maxilla distance (At-PNS) | 38.59 | 4.08 | 37.74 | 4.91 | 35.22 | 3.25 | 0.080 |
| Superior pharyngeal space (PPFS-PP1) | 15.8 | 2.27 | 13.68 | 2.53 | 14.09 | 6.42 | 0.352 |
| Oropharynx | |||||||
| Middle pharyngeal space (PPFM-PAFM) | 11.42 | 2.97 | 13.68 | 2.53 | 12.03 | 4.03 | 0.474 |
| TGL (tongue length) (Tt-P) | 71.51 | 4.59 | 69.41 | 6.58 | 67.95 | 5.43 | 0.186 |
| TGH (tongue height) (Tt-DI/P) | 23.85 | 5.27 | 22.3 | 3.45 | 20.70 | 3.43 | 0.129 |
| Median posterior palatal space (Pp2-Pp2’) | 12.91a | 2.74 | 12.64ab | 2.30 | 10.64b | 1.83 | 0.020* |
| Soft palate length (PNS-P) | 34.39 | 8.42 | 31.07 | 4.16 | 33.12 | 3.96 | 0.307 |
| Laryngopharynx | |||||||
| Inferior pharyngeal space (C3’-H’) | 16.83 | 5.33 | 14.00 | 4.79 | 12.79 | 4.72 | 0.063 |
| Posterior airway space (BGo-Tt) | 14.11 | 2.69 | 13.36 | 4.11 | 12.31 | 2.86 | 0.328 |
| Hyoid-third vertebra distance (H-C3) | 76.29 | 7.62 | 79.24 | 6.62 | 76.57 | 6.39 | 0.442 |
| Hyoid-mandibular plane distance (MP (Me-Goc)/H) | 18.95 | 4.37 | 15.97 | 4.97 | 18.74 | 5.53 | 0.201 |
Values marked by distinct letters are significantly different from each other Tukey test (p < 0.05)