Comparison of spheno-occipital synchondrosis maturation stages with three-dimensional assessment of mandibular growth

Table 4 The growth increments of the mandible across the SOS maturation stages

Measurement	Sex	Stage 1-Stage 2			Stage 2-Stage 3			Stage3-Stage 4			P value
Measurement	Sex	Mean diff	CI 95%; Min	CI 95%; Max	Mean diff	CI 95%; Min	CI 95%; Max	Mean diff	CI 95%; Min	CI 95%; Max	P value
Co mid-Gn (mm)	M	5.30^AB	2.34	8.27	7.77^BC	4.80	10.74	5.17^CD	2.28	8.06	P < 0.05*
Co mid-Gn (mm)	F	4.66^AB	2.18	7.14	6.80^BC	4.51	9.10	3.85^CD	1.89	5.82
Go mid-Me(mm)	M	3.17^AB	1.09	5.24	5.25^BC	3.18	7.32	3.90^CD	1.89	5.92
Go mid-Me(mm)	F	2.60^AB	0.60	4.61	4.13^BC	2.27	5.98	3.37^CD	1.79	4.95
Ag-R-Ag-L (mm)	M	3.66^AB	1.42	5.91	5.48^BC	3.23	7.73	0.93^DD	-1.26	3.11
Ag-R-Ag-L (mm)	F	2.74^AB	0.69	4.78	3.88^BC	1.99	5.77	3.48^CD	1.87	5.10
Go–Go (mm)	M	4.54^AB	1.67	7.40	6.86^BC	3.99	9.72	0.85^DD	-1.94	3.64
Go–Go (mm)	F	2.86^AB	0.31	5.40	4.83^BC	2.48	7.19	4.12^CD	2.10	6.13
Co–Co (mm)	M	3.99^AB	1.45	6.53	6.51^BC	3.97	9.05	2.53^CD	0.06	5.00
Co–Co (mm)	F	2.01^AA	-0.32	4.35	3.92^AB	1.77	6.08	4.40^BC	2.56	6.24
Co mid -Go mid (mm)	M	3.84^AB	1.43	6.24	5.95^BC	3.55	8.36	3.98^CD	1.64	6.32
Co mid -Go mid (mm)	F	3.33^AB	1.52	5.14	3.79^BC	2.12	5.46	4.25^CD	2.82	5.68
Ag-R/FHP (mm)	M	5.17^AB	2.81	7.53	6.76^BC	4.40	9.12	4.54^CD	2.25	6.84
Ag-R/FHP (mm)	F	3.82^AB	1.80	5.85	4.84^BC	2.96	6.71	4.86^CD	3.26	6.46
Ag-L/FHP (mm)	M	4.71^AB	1.93	7.50	7.03^BC	4.25	9.82	3.61^CD	0.90	6.32
Ag-L/FHP (mm)	F	3.53^AB	1.45	5.60	4.85^BC	2.92	6.77	5.17^CD	3.53	6.82

*Indicate significance at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)
^A,B,C,DSuperscripts in the same row represent a statistically significant difference between SOS stages according to multiple comparisons of Bonferroni Post hoc analysis

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