Table 2.
Means length values (mm) of styloid process (SP) length measured on digital panoramic images in different age groups and across gender from 539 cases (including 53 cases with symptoms).
| Styloid process (n = 486) |
Eagle syndrome (n = 53) |
Total (n = 539) |
p value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
| Age (mean ± SD) | 48.2 | ±17.7 | 67.9 | ±17.8 | 50.2 | ±18.6 | <0.001∗∗ |
| Sex | 0.580 | ||||||
| Female | 272 | (55.97%) | 27 | (50.94%) | 299 | (55.47%) | |
| Male | 214 | (44.03%) | 26 | (49.06%) | 240 | (44.53%) | |
| Age | <0.001∗∗ | ||||||
| Age <20 | 23 | (4.73%) | 0 | (0.00%) | 23 | (4.27%) | |
| Age 21-40 | 157 | (32.30%) | 2 | (3.77%) | 159 | (29.50%) | |
| Age 41-60 | 181 | (37.24%) | 19 | (35.85%) | 200 | (37.11%) | |
| Age >60 | 125 | (25.72%) | 32 | (60.38%) | 157 | (29.13) | |
| Styloid process (mm) | (mean ± SD) | (mean ± SD) | |||||
| Right | 30 | ±0.7 | 32 | ±0.8 | 30 | ±0.7 | 0.008∗∗ |
| Left | 29 | ±0.7 | 33 | ±0.8 | 29 | ±0.7 | <0.001∗∗ |
| Right & Left (mean) | 29.5 | ±0.7 | 32.5 | ±0.8 | 29.5 | ±0.7 | 0.001∗∗ |
| Styloid process | <0.001∗∗ | 0.646 | |||||
| Right = Left | 7 | (1.44%) | 0 | (0.00%) | 7 | (1.30%) | |
| Right < Left | 206 | (42.39%) | 24 | (45.28%) | 230 | (42.67%) | |
| Right > Left | 273 | (56.17%) | 29 | (54.72%) | 302 | (56.03%) | |
Chi–Square test. Mann–Whitney U test. ∗p < 0.05 significantly difference, ∗∗p < 0.01 more significantly difference.