Table 3 Comparison of the anatomic variations in female patients

Frontal sinus hyperpneumatization

5.45%

18.37% ^*

˂ 0,05

Frontal sinus hypoplasia

16.78% ^*

9.09% ^*

˂ 0,05

Interfrontal sinus septa cell

53.85%

62.16%

˃0,05

Crista galli pneumatization

4.09%

4.71%

˃0,05

Septum pneumatization

44.8%

53.97%

˃0,05

Right

Left

Both

Right

Left

Both

Agger nasi cell

15.84%

12.22%

56.56%

16.56%

14.01%

52.23%

˃0,05

Supraorbital ethmoid cell

3.18% ^*

3.64% ^*

25.45%

9.09% ^*

11.69% ^*

32.47%

˂ 0,05

Inferior concha bullosa

1.36%

0.9%

2.26%

0.53%

1.06%

-

˃0,05

Concha bullosa

11.76%

14.48%

32.13% ^*

13.23%

12.7%

43.92% ^*

˂ 0,05

Superior concha bullosa

10.86%

9.05%

22.17%

8.7%

14.13%

16.3%

˃0,05

Haller cell

9.5%

7.24%

25.79%

7.94%

9.52%

17.46%

˃0,05

Uncinate bulla

3.62% ^*

1.81% ^*

18.1% ^*

13.1% ^*

7.65% ^*

25.14% ^*

˂ 0,05

Secondary middle turbinate

-

-

-

1.08%

-

0.54%

˃0,05

Maxillary sinus hypoplasia

4.52%

5.43% ^*

1.81%

3.21%

0.53% ^*

2.14%

˂ 0,05

Secondary superior concha

-

-

0.45%

1.11%

0.56%

-

˃0,05

Ethmomaxillary sinus

16.29% ^*

5.88%

20.81% ^*

4.89% ^*

5.98%

9.78% ^*

˂ 0,05

Sphenomaxillary plate

2.26%

8.14%

30.32% ^*

4.32%

9.19%

12.97% ^*

˂ 0,05

Septum deviation

47.06% ^*

40.27% ^*

-

19.58% ^*

24.87% ^*

1.06%

˂ 0,05

Internal carotid artery bulging

2.26%

4.98%

20.81%

5.85%

6.91%

23.94%

˃0,05

Onodi cell

19.09%

8.64%

10%

13.44%

12.37%

10.22%

˃0,05

Anterior clinoid pneumatization

2.27%

5%

3.64%

5.85%

2.66%

3.72%

˃0,05

Posterior clinoid pneumatization

2.73%

2.73%

2.27%

1.6%

1.06%

3.72%

˃0,05

Pterygoid plates pneumatization

6.33%

14.48%

33.94%

7.45%

11.7%

30.32%

˃0,05