Do Specific Craniomaxillofacial Features Correlate with Psychological Distress in Adult Pretreatment Orthodontic Patients? A Cephalometric Study

Table 3

Cephalometric parameter stratification analysis of patients with and without psychological distress.

Cephalometric parameter stratification	Male ()				Female ()
	No psychological distress	Psychological distress			No psychological distress	Psychological distress
ANB
Skeletal class I	32	9	0.907	0.625	26	10	0.778	0.750
Skeletal class II	26	10			30	13
Skeletal class III	15	3			13	3
FMA
Hypodivergent	40^a	5^a	7.622	0.029	19	11	4.351	0.124
Normodivergent	22^ab	10^ab			32	6
Hyperdivergent	11^b	7^b			18	9
Overjet
Crossbite	14	5	5.520	0.056	14	2	2.675	0.296
Normal	11	8			11	6
Deep overjet	48	9			44	18
Overbite
Open bite	15^a	9^a	9.374	0.010	20	6	3.477	0.188
Normal	26^a	11^a			26	6
Deep overbite	32^b	2^b			23	14

Chi-square test and Fisher test are used. Different letters indicate statistically significant differences between the groups after pairwise comparison. . FMA: Frankfort-mandibular plane angle.