Table 4. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient for the ratio of the masticatory muscle PCSA against each angle.
| Preglenoid angle |
Postglenoid angle |
Pre-postglenoid angle interval |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | P | r | P | r | P | |
| Temporalis | 0.20 | 0.43 | −0.56 | 0.02 | −0.36 | 0.15 |
| Medial pterygoid | −0.05 | 0.85 | 0.36 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.49 |
| Whole masseter | −0.20 | 0.44 | 0.58 | 0.02 | 0.36 | 0.16 |
| Superficial masseter | 0.05 | 0.84 | 0.42 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.65 |
| Intermediate masseter | −0.33 | 0.19 | −0.07 | 0.78 | 0.13 | 0.61 |
| Deep masseter | −0.06 | 0.82 | 0.29 | 0.25 | 0.18 | 0.48 |
P values lower than 0.05 are in bold, as are r values above 0.5 and below −0.5.