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Table 2 Characteristics of subjects

From: Skeletal and alveolar changes in conventional rapid palatal expansion (RPE) and miniscrew-assisted RPE (MARPE): a prospective randomized clinical trial using low-dose CBCT

 

Total (N = 40)

 

RPE (N = 20)

MARPE (N = 20)

P

Age (y)

14.0 ± 4.5

14.1 ± 4.2

0.968*

Sex

 Men (n (%))

6 (30.0)

8 (40.0)

0.507†

 Women (n (%))

14 (70.0)

12 (60.0)

 
  1. RPE, Rapid palatal expansion; MARPE, mini-screw assisted rapid palatal expansion. Values are mean ± Standard deviation or n (%).*P-value for the Mann–Whitney U test. †P-value for the Pearson chi-square test
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BMC Oral Health

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