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Table 8 Results of Spearman’s correlation analysis for Chinese samples

From: Cephalometric norms for the upper airway of 12-year-old Chinese children

   Soft palate   Depth of the upper airway   Position of the hyoid bone
   PM-U   SPT   NL/PM-U   PM-UPW   U-MPW   V-LPW   PASmin   AH-FH   AH-CV  
SNA (°) Coefficient -0.044   0.061   -0.167 ** 0.047   0.085   0.042   0.042   0.011   0.064  
  P value 0.367   0.211   0.001   0.337   0.082   0.389   0.392   0.826   0.185  
SNB (°) Coefficient -0.104 * 0.066   -0.210 ** 0.038   0.156 ** 0.101 * 0.123 * -0.019   0.138 **
  P value 0.032   0.173   0.000   0.439   0.001   0.037   0.011   0.703   0.004  
ANB (°) Coefficient 0.124 * -0.015   0.095   0.026   -0.133 ** -0.083   -0.135 ** 0.045   -0.099 *
  P value 0.010   0.753   0.049   0.595   0.006   0.089   0.005   0.358   0.041  
MnPl/SN (°) Coefficient 0.000   -0.046   0.044   -0.111 * -0.115 * -0.099 * -0.068   0.000   -0.121 **
  P value 0.997   0.349   0.368   0.022   0.018   0.042   0.164   0.997   0.012  
MxPl/MnPl (°) Coefficient -0.088   -0.102 * 0.179 ** -0.023   -0.070   -0.039   -0.025   0.061   -0.099 *
  P value 0.071   0.035   0.000   0.632   0.153   0.428   0.603   0.212   0.042  
MxMn-DF (mm) Coefficient 0.019   0.174 ** -0.191 ** -0.056   0.110 * 0.154 ** 0.089   0.263 ** 0.251 **
  P value 0.701   0.000   0.000   0.252   0.023   0.001   0.067   0.000   0.000  
TAFH (mm) Coefficient 0.237 ** 0.208 ** -0.018   0.112 * 0.062   0.126 * 0.042   0.489 ** 0.304 **
  P value 0.000   0.000   0.718   0.021   0.203   0.009   0.383   0.000   0.000  
TPFH (mm) Coefficient 0.201 ** 0.210 ** -0.080   0.138 ** 0.138 ** 0.198 ** 0.068   0.417 ** 0.389 **
  P value 0.000   0.000   0.100   0.004   0.004   0.000   0.161   0.000   0.000  
Y axis/FH (°) Coefficient 0.122 * -0.083   0.065   -0.013   -0.159 ** -0.057   -0.141 ** 0.139 ** -0.058  
  P value 0.012   0.086   0.184   0.789   0.001   0.245   0.004   0.004   0.230  
Overjet (mm) Coefficient 0.084   -0.034   0.090   -0.001   -0.180 ** -0.081   -0.232 ** 0.181 ** -0.089 *
  P value 0.085   0.487   0.062   0.990   0.000   0.095   0.000   0.000   0.068  
Overbite (mm) Coefficient 0.135 ** -0.048   0.023   0.019   -0.134 ** -0.044   -0.150 ** 0.080   -0.126 **
  P value 0.005   0.324   0.637   0.690   0.006   0.369   0.002   0.100   0.009  
OPT-SN (°) Coefficient 0.179 ** -0.053   0.336 ** -0.089   -0.017   0.299 ** 0.212 ** 0.142 ** 0.335 **
  P value 0.000   0.278   0.000   0.066   0.726   0.000   0.000   0.003   0.000  
c2sp-c4ip-SN (°) Coefficient 0.195 ** -0.055   0.316 ** -0.103   -0.043   0.289 ** 0.169 ** 0.171 ** 0.278 **
  P value 0.000   0.257   0.000   0.033   0.375   0.000   0.000   0.000   0.000  
Body length (mm) Coefficient 0.051   0.158 ** -0.024   0.166 ** 0.204 ** 0.206 ** 0.224 ** 0.290 ** 0.302 **
  P value 0.296   0.001   0.627   0.001   0.000   0.000   0.000   0.000   0.000  
  1. *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level.
  2. **Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level.
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