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. 2012 Dec 19;139(6):1331–1339. doi: 10.1378/chest.10-2224

Table 3.

Lateral Cephalometric Measurements by MAS Treatment Outcome

Variable Complete Responders Partial Responders Nonresponders
Linear measurement, mm
 Maxillary length 83.8 ± 1.1a 87.6 ± 1.2 86.1 ± 1.1
 Mandibular length 118.8 ± 1.8 119.8 ± 2.0 121.8 ± 2.0
 Ramus height 56.1 ± 1.3 56.6 ± 1.3 57.6 ± 1.8
 Corpus length 78.1 ± 1.3 79.0 ± 1.8 80.0 ± 1.6
 Upper-facial height 51.2 ± 3.5a 54.5 ± 1.0 54.3 ± 0.9
 Lower-facial height 70.2 ± 1.3 66.3 ± 1.8 70.6 ± 2.3
 Anterior facial height 119.7 ± 1.5 118.7 ± 2.1 122.9 ± 2.3
 Posterior facial height 85.0 ± 1.5 84.9 ± 1.5 87.1 ± 1.6
 Hyoid position
  Vertical 24.1 ± 1.3 27.2 ± 1.7 25.7 ± 1.6
  Horizontal anterior 42.0 ± 1.6 43.3 ± 1.9 41.4 ± 1.8
  Horizontal posterior 36.7 ± 1.6 37.6 ± 0.9 38.4 ± 1.6
 Airway widths
  Superior posterior 73.3 ± 4.6 65.1 ± 8.7 69.1 ± 10.4
  Posterior inferior 96.8 ± 8.0 83.7 ± 7.4 100.0 ± 9.6
  Middle airway 87.9 ± 6.0 78.1 ± 8.4 97.1 ± 7.7
 Soft tissue
  Tongue length 80.1 ± 1.2 79.2 ± 1.7 78 ± 2.0
  Tongue height (n = 30) 4.3 ± 0.1 4.2 ± 0.1 4.0 ± 0.2
  Soft-palate length 38.6 ± 0.8 37.8 ± 1.1 36.3 ± 1.0
Angular measurements, °
 SNA 82.5 ± 0.8 81.7 ± 1.2 83.8 ± 1.7
 SNB 79.2 ± 0.8 77.6 ± 1.3 79.9 ± 1.0
 ANB 3.3 ± 0.6 4.1 ± 0.9 3.9 ± 0.7
 Ramal plane angle 82.2 ± 1.3 80.1 ± 1.4 82.0 ± 1.6
 Mandibular plane angle 35.1 ± 1.5 34.0 ± 1.9 35.1 ± 1.8
 Gonial angle 127.8 ± 1.2 127.0 ± 1.7 128.0 ± 2.4
 Hyoid angle 111.2 ± 2.6 104.7 ± 3.8 108.3 ± 3.5
 Upper-incisor inclination 110.6 ± 1.5 109.1 ± 2.5 111.8 ± 2.7
 Lower-incisor inclination 87.0 ± 1.1 88.9 ± 2.0 87.4 ± 2.4
 Occlusion plane angle 14.6 ± 1.1 16.0 ± 1.6 14.8 ± 1.3
 Craniocervical angulation 111.2 ± 1.9 111.0 ± 2.1 109.9 ± 2.3
Area measurement, mm2
Oral enclosure (n = 30) 40.3 ± 1.6 38.6 ± 1.3 42.1 ± 2.0

N = 53. Data are presented as mean ± SEM. See Table 1, Table 2 legends for expansion of abbreviations.

a

P < .05 complete responder vs partial responder groups.