Table II.
Starting forms for the treated vs control group.
|
Treated group |
Control group |
Mann-Whitney U test |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dentoskeletal measurements | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Sagittal analysis | |||||
| SNA (°) | 82.5 | 3.0 | 81.5 | 2.6 | ns |
| SNB (°) | 75.7 | 2.8 | 74.8 | 2.1 | ns |
| ANB (°) | 6.8 | 1.8 | 6.7 | 1.0 | ns |
| Co-Me (mm) | 106.8 | 4.8 | 105.61 | 4.5 | ns |
| Vertical analysis | |||||
| FMA (°) | 23.3 | 4.0 | 21.6 | 1.5 | ns |
| SN^GoGn | 34.2 | 4.7 | 33.1 | 2.6 | ns |
| CoGoMe (°) | 124.8 | 6.3 | 122.1 | 5.0 | ns |
| Dental analysis | |||||
| Overjet (mm) | 7.0 | 3.9 | 6.1 | 1.8 | ns |
| Overbite (mm) | 5.5 | 2.3 | 5.6 | 1.2 | ns |
| Hyoid | |||||
| AH-C3 hor (mm) | 24.3 | 2.7 | 25.3 | 3.3 | ns |
| AH-C3 vert (mm) | 2.9 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 4.8 | ns |
| AH-FH (mm) | 64.0 | 5.2 | 66.0 | 5.4 | ns |
| AH-RGn (mm) | 33.2 | 4.1 | 34.7 | 5.9 | ns |
| AH-AH1 (mm) | 10.7 | 5.6 | 12.2 | 3.2 | ns |
| AH-SN (mm) | 78.2 | 5.4 | 80 | 5.8 | ns |
| Soft palate and pharynx | |||||
| U-PNS (mm) | 24.8 | 3.5 | 26.3 | 3.4 | ns |
| Phw1-Psp (mm) | 8.7 | 3.9 | 10.1 | 3.4 | ns |
| Phw2-Tb (mm) | 10.4 | 3.5 | 11.1 | 2.8 | ns |
| MPW (mm) | 5.4 | 2.3 | 6.4 | 2.5 | ns |
| PNS-AD1 (mm) | 16.1 | 4.4 | 18.0 | 5.5 | ns |
| PNS-AD2 (mm) | 12.1 | 5.9 | 13.2 | 4.1 | ns |
| AD1-Ba (mm) | 20.9 | 4.7 | 20.9 | 5.2 | ns |
| AD2-H (mm) | 13.2 | 4.4 | 14.1 | 3.4 | ns |
| Tongue | |||||
| VT (mm) | 60.8 | 2.5 | 59.5 | 4.1 | ns |
| H perp VT (mm) | 12.3 | 3.5 | 12.3 | 2.7 | ns |
| VT^FH (°) | 18.4 | 1.2 | 17.4 | 3.6 | ns |