Comparison of three-dimensional maxillary growth across spheno-occipital synchondrosis maturation stages

BMC Oral Health

Table 4 Female and male maxillary growth mean differences across the SOS maturation stages

	Gender	Stage 1-Stage 2			Stage 2-Stage 3			Stage3-Stage 4			P- value
Measurement	Mean diff	CI 95%; Min	CI 95%; Max	Mean	diff	CI 95%; Min	CI 95%; Max	Mean	CI 95%; Min	CI 95%; Max
ANS-PNS (mm)	M	1.86^AB	0.25	3.47	2.84^BC	1.23	4.45	1.49^DD	− 0.07	3.06	P < 0.05*
	F	1.11^AA	− 0.31	2.54	2.08^AB	0.76	3.40	1.43^BC	0.30	2.56
J-J(mm)	M	3.46^AA	1.79	5.13	1.49^AB	− 0.18	3.16	0.83^CC	− 0.80	2.45
	F	3.19^AB	1.61	4.76	1.57^BC	0.12	3.03	0.62^DD	− 0.62	1.87
J-FHP (mm)	M	1.86^AB	0.28	3.43	2.61^BC	1.03	4.18	0.50^DD	− 1.03	2.04
	F	1.74^AB	0.28	3.20	2.67^BC	1.32	4.02	0.40^DD	− 0.76	1.55

Bold value indicates P < 0.05
^*Indicate significance at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). (A, B, C, D) Superscripts 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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