Table 2.
Validation coefficientsa | Mean ± SD (cm) | Variation coefficientb | ||||||||
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Cronbach’s α | Hotelling’s T-Squared | ICC | Total | Females | Males | p valuec | Females | Males | p valued | |
FS height | 0.999 | <0.001 | 0.997 | 2.92 ± 1.13 | 2.65 ± 0.93 | 3.19 ± 1.26 | 0.018 | 35.1% | 39.5% | 0.035 |
FS width | 0,993 | <0.001 | 0.967 | 5.21 ± 1.73 | 4.99 ± 1.59 | 5.43 ± 1.85 | 0.201 | 31.9% | 34.1% | 0.406 |
FS diameter | 0.993 | <0.001 | 0.967 | 1.12 ± 0.39 | 0.96 ± 0.26 | 1.28 ± 0.43 | <0.001 | 27.1% | 33.6% | 0.001 |
RMS height | 0.999 | <0.001 | 0.994 | 3.65 ± 0.49 | 3.48 ± 0.45 | 3.82 ± 0.47 | <0.001 | 12.9% | 12.3% | 0.699 |
RMS width | 0.999 | <0.001 | 0.994 | 2.83 ± 0.51 | 2.70 ± 0.42 | 2.95 ± 0.56 | 0.011 | 15.6% | 19.0% | 0.337 |
RMS diameter | 0.998 | 0.074 | 0.998 | 3.92 ± 0.38 | 3.83 ± 0.25 | 4.02 ± 0.46 | 0.011 | 6.5% | 11.4% | 0.015 |
LMS height | 0.999 | <0.001 | 0.999 | 3.67 ± 0.50 | 3.51 ± 0.45 | 3.84 ± 0.49 | 0.001 | 12.8% | 12.8% | 0.966 |
LMS width | 0.999 | <0.001 | 0.994 | 2.82 ± 0.49 | 2.66 ± 0.41 | 2.98 ± 0.51 | 0.001 | 15.4% | 17.1% | 0.287 |
LMS diameter | 0.947 | 0.351 | 0.781 | 3.92 ± 0.36 | 3.82 ± 0.27 | 4.02 ± 0.41 | 0.004 | 7.1% | 10.2% | 0.048 |
MS(x--[R;L]) | 1.000 | 0.028 | 0.998 | 8.59 ± 0.94 | 8.21 ± 0.97 | 8.96 ± 0.74 | <0.001 | 11.8% | 8.3% | 0.467 |
FS, Frontal sinus; ICC, Intraclass correlation coefficient; L, Left; MS, Maxillary sinus; R, Right; SD, Standard deviation; (x--[R;L]), Arithmetic mean between R and L measurements.
Intra observer reproducibility.
Inter observer reproducibility.
Student t-test.
Levene’s test.