. 2023 Jan 24;52(3):20220346. doi: 10.1259/dmfr.20220346

Table 9.

Descriptive statistics and results of two-way ANOVA test for comparison between the total pharyngeal airway measurements of patients with different skeletal classes and facial growth patterns

Measurements	Facial growth	Class I Mean ± SD	Class II Mean ± SD	Class III Mean ± SD	Total Mean ± SD	Class	Facial growth	Class^*Facial growth
	Hypodivergent	29567.53 ± 6540.35	28188.31 ± 5268.73	29595.60 ± 7205.71	29124.53 ± 6372.45^a		0.000^*	0.684
TP-V mm³	Normodivergent	29341.18 ± 6286.89	29669.52 ± 5289.99	28402.72 ± 7135.84	29139.45 ± 6254.87^a
	Hyperdivergent	26370.76 ± 6701.32	25406.26 ± 3445.08	26263.66 ± 5533.25	26003.60 ± 5343.68^b
	Total	28459.65 ± 6616.36	27732.08 ± 5022.91	28089.93 ± 6760.14	28094.90 ± 6171.73	0.682
	Hypodivergent	1058.52 ± 161.24	1001.39 ± 136.95	1066.73 ± 179.96	1042.48 ± 161.66^a		0.000^*	0.437
TP-A mm²	Normodivergent	1031.99 ± 146.78	1036.76 ± 166.36	1012.92 ± 173.10	1027.26 ± 161.34^a
	Hyperdivergent	948.48 ± 159.96	930.98 ± 98.41	954.28 ± 120.29	944.36 ± 127.64^b
	Total	1014.04 ± 161.69	989.14 ± 142.48	1011.33 ± 165.30	1004.82 ± 156.75	0.405
	Hypodivergent	47.72 ± 16.19	50.57 ± 13.39	53.31 ± 21.90	50.49 ± 17.50^a		0.000^*	0.238
TP-MCA mm²	Normodivergent	44.41 ± 12.08	41.38 ± 11.88	52.25 ± 14.04	46.00 ± 13.40^a
	Hyperdivergent	41.48 ± 12.31	36.20 ± 9.49	45.94 ± 10.66	41.13 ± 11.50^b
	Total	44.59 ± 13.80^B	42.60 ± 13.01^B	50.52 ± 16.40^A	45.87 ± 14.81	0.000^*

*Significant at p ≤ 0.05

-mm (millimeters), mm² (square millimeters), and mm³ (cubic millimeters)

A, B, C superscripts in the same row indicate statistically significant difference between classes, a, b, c superscripts in the same column indicate statistically significant difference between facial growth.