Occurrence of the Elongated Styloid Process on Digital Panoramic Radiographs in the Riyadh Population

Table 3

Association of styloid process elongation, symptoms, and sides of the symptoms between males and females.

Mean length among males and females (in mm)
Sex					Right	Left
Female		N			134	134
		Mean			16.04	16.44
		SD			16.88	17.31
Male		N			166	166
		Mean			12.51	13.86
		SD			16.38	16.89
Total		N			300	300
		Mean			14.09	15.01
		SD			16.64	17.07
Association of styloid process elongation among males and females
			Sex		χ^2 value	value
			Female	Male
Elongated	No	N	100	118	0.234	0.628
	Yes	N	34	48
Symptoms	No	N	112	160	7.182
	Yes	N	22	6

Statistical significance set at 0.05; N, number of samples; χ² value, chi-square value.