Oropharynx and hyoid bone changes in female extraction patients with distinct sagittal and vertical skeletal patterns: a retrospective study

Table 3 Comparison of pretreatment oropharynx and hyoid bone position in extraction patients with different skeletal patterns

Variable	Class I-norm	Class I-hyper	Class II-norm	Class II-hyper		Class I-norm vs Class I-hyper	Class I-norm vs Class II-norm	Class I-norm vs Class II-hyper	Class I-hyper vs Class II-norm	Class I-hyper vs Class II-hyper	Class II-norm vs Class II-hyper
Variable	T0 Mean (SD)	T0 Mean (SD)	T0 Mean (SD)	T0 Mean (SD)	Overall P^a	p	p	p	p	p	p
Oropharynx
Vol, mm³	16,393.0 (5127.0)	16,270.2 (5429.6)	16,708.3 (6318.0)	15,123.3 (5238.0)	0.844	0.446	0.471	0.196	0.488	0.304	0.241
MCA, mm²	250.6 (97.5)	232.1 (104.7)	249.6 (113.4)	240.1 (135.7)	0.827	0.238	0.504	0.217	0.356	0.462	0.539
PNS-AP	27.8 (4.2)	26.5 (3.8)	27.7 (4.4)	26.5 (4.0)	0.639	0.455	0.243	0.767	0.589	0.610	0.371
PNS-lateral	37.3 (5.7)	38.3 (6.3)	39.0 (5.2)	37.8 (5.1)	0.405	0.284	0.807	0.148	0.186	0.918	0.203
PNS-AP/ lateral	0.71 (0.12)	0.68 (0.13)	0.69 (0.14)	0.72 (0.17)	0.640	0.286	0.480	0.884	0.708	0.312	0.477
E-AP	13.4(2.7)	12.3 (3.9)	12.8 (3.7)	12.5 (3.1)	0.640	0.274	0.433	0.252	0.706	0.865	0.796
E- lateral	30.3(3.0)	30.5 (3.4)	31.4 (2.8)	31.1 (3.7)	0.421	0.994	0.160	0.284	0.217	0.325	0.935
E-AP/lateral	0.43 (0.11)	0.40 (0.12)	0.40 (0.11)	0.40 (0.11)	0.584	0.301	0.244	0.234	0.846	0.875	0.963
Hyoid
H-Eb	8.7(1.5)	8.6(3.1)	7.9(1.9)	7.5(1.7)	0.125	0.264	0.035	0.029	0.631	0.395	0.813
H-Me	44.4(4.7)	45.1(4.9)	44.1(5.1)	42.3(3.7)	0.109	0.541	0.859	0.060	0.448	0.013	0.110
H-C3	28.0(3.0)	26.5(3.0)	27.0(3.0)	26.0(3.4)	0.083	0.054	0.205	0.019	0.485	0.591	0.230
H-X	9.8(6.3)	7.2(7.2)	6.9(5.4)	3.9(5.3)	0.004*	0.146	0.065	0.000*	0.862	0.050	0.036
H-Y	93.2(5.8)	95.5(5.3)	95.0(4.7)	93.2(7.0)	0.489	0.160	0.252	0.935	0.941	0.336	0.420

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