Table 6.

Gender comparison of palatal vault dimensions in adenoid and control subjects

Palatal vault dimension	Adenoid group mean (cm) ±sd	Control group mean (cm) ±sd	t-test	p
Male	(n=55)	(n=38)
Palatal length (cm)	3.96±0.51	3.87±0.49	0.63	0.410
Height at canine width (cm)	0.59±0.13	0.51±0.15	2.43	0.001*
Height at premolar width (cm)	1.44±0.22	1.27±0.19	3.98	0.001*
Height at molar width (cm)	1.45±0.26	1.31±0.20	2.40	0.001*
Palatal volume (cm3)	5.01±1.36	5.41±1.76	−1.23	0.227
Female	(n=35)	(n=52)
Palatal length (cm)	3.85±0.53	3.99±0.36	−1.43	0.156
Height at canine width (cm)	0.60±0.17	0.43±0.45	3.12	0.003*
Height at premolar width (cm)	1.37±0.23	1.23±0.17	3.47	0.001*
Height at molar width (cm)	1.41±0.25	1.25±0.19	3.00	0.003*
Palatal volume (cm3)	4.97±1.42	5.84±1.84	−2.38	0.020*

^*Statistically significant