Pharyngeal Airway and Craniocervical Angle among Different Skeletal Patterns

Table 1

Patient characteristics in the skeletal classification (one-way ANOVA).

Variables	Class I (; )			Class II (; )			Class III (; )			Intergroup comparison
	Mean	SD		Mean	SD		Mean	SD		value		Significant
Age	23.9	6.20	─	24.2	5.95	─	23.4	5.97	─	0.671	─
ANB	2.2	0.92	─	6.2	1.90	─	-2.9	2.73	─	<0.001	†
C2C4	106.5	7.42		108.1	6.49	─	104.4	8.16	─	0.002	†
Palate	124.3	6.02		127.4	6.45		120.4	7.72	─	<0.001	†
PW	8.7	1.87	─	8.6	1.94		9.2	2.02		0.073	─
PL	35.5	4.17		36.6	4.50	─	34.4	4.01		0.001	†
UE	27.9	20.77		27.3	6.10		25.7	7.74		0.471	─
Pharyngeal airway
NP	24.0	3.46	─	25.2	3.14	─	24.2	3.60	─	0.024	†
PS	11.0	3.08	─	9.9	2.91	─	12.7	3.62	─	<0.001	†
TS	12.4	3.37	─	11.3	3.27	─	14.5	4.39		<0.001	†
MP	13.8	3.70	─	12.3	3.56	─	16.1	4.86	─	<0.001	†
LP	16.4	3.51		16.7	3.30		17.5	4.09		0.079	─
Hyoid
HH	16.4	9.13		12.2	8.06		19.1	9.95		<0.001	†
HV	122.7	10.01		122.6	10.66		121.7	10.63		0.762	─

F: female; M: male; ─: not significant. : intergender comparison: statistically significant, . †: intergroup comparison: statistically significant, .