Table 3.
The association between the presence of Passavant’s ridge during gagging stimulation and categorical variables (gender, etiology and defect area) were analyzed.
| Gag reflex | Total (n=91) |
Positive (n=83) |
Negative (n=8) |
p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Gendera | 0.344 | ||||||
| Male | 74 | (81.3%) | 66 | (79.5%) | 8 | (100%) | |
| Female | 17 | (18.7%) | 17 | (20.5%) | 0 | (0%) | |
| Etiologya | 0.591 | ||||||
| Congenital | 10 | (11.0%) | 10 | (12.0%) | 0 | (0%) | |
| Acquired | 81 | (89.0%) | 73 | (88.0%) | 8 | (100%) | |
| Soft palate defects | 0.359 | ||||||
| Total | 54 | (59.3%) | 50 | (60.2%) | 4 | (50%) | |
| Median | 9 | (9.9%) | 9 | (10.8%) | 0 | (0%) | |
| Lateral | 28 | (30.8%) | 24 | (28.9%) | 4 | (50%) | |
Chi-square test.
a
Fisher's exact test. Mann-Whitney test.