Table 5.
Means and standard deviations variables for groups and results of analysis of variance following a Bonferroni adjustment.
| Measure | Group means ± standard deviations |
F(3, 263) | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infants (n = 40) | Child (n = 119) | Adolescents (n = 30) | Adults (n = 81) | |||
| Adenoid depth | 11.36 ± 4.38 | 9.66 ± 5.49 | 6.96 ± 5.49 | 5.18 ± 3.88 | 19.328 | .009** |
| Adenoid thickness | 9.16 ± 2.21 | 12.74 ± 4.37 | 10.44 ± 4.54 | 9.59 ± 4.54 | 14.974 | .009** |
| Adenoid height | 19.59 ± 3.91 | 24.84 ± 7.08 | 22.69 ± 7.13 | 21.12 ± 7.01 | 10.486 | .009** |
| Adenoid Area | 573.67 ± 122.19 | 567.70 ± 257.00 | 520.42 ± 252.46 | 334.87 ± 194.65 | 18.748 | .009** |
| Pharyngeal depth | 11.43 ± 4.46 | 17.80 ± 4.79 | 21.45 ± 4.62 | 20.92 ± 4.14 | 42.583 | .009** |
| Velar length | 20.27 ± 3.32 | 27.63 ± 4.17 | 30. 98 ± 5.10 | 34.85 ± 4.79 | 116.776 | .009** |
| Effective velar length | 8.58 ± 1.46 | 12.07 ± 2.43 | 13.12 ± 3.32 | 13.72 ± 3.46 | 33.492 | .009** |
| VP ratio | 2.08 ± .94 | 1.70 ± .69 | 1.51 ± .42 | 1.73 ± .42 | 4.751 | .027* |
| Effective VP ratio | .89 ± .43 | .74 ± .30 | .63 ± .19 | .67 ± .19 | 5.901 | .009** |
Note. All distance measurements are in the unit of millimeter. Area measurement is in the unit of millimeter2. VP = velopharyngeal.
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.