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Table 4 The association between SDB and dental-maxillofacial growth

From: Pediatric sleep-disordered breathing in Shanghai: characteristics, independent risk factors and its association with malocclusion

 

Total

Non-SDB

SDB

Prevalence of SDB (%)

χ2

P value

Lateral facial profile

Concave

128 (3.8%)

107

21

16.4

1.43

0.49

Upright

2103 (61.8%)

1744

359

17.1

Protruding

1174 (34.4%)

955

219

18.7

Mandible development

Excessive

52 (1.6%)

44

8

15.4

6.82

0.03*

Proper

2409 (73.8%)

2001

408

16.9

Retrusive

802 (24.6%)

634

168

20.9

Molar occlusion

Class I

2064 (63.4%)

1718

346

16.8

4.44

0.11

Class II

996 (30.6%)

799

197

19.8

Class III

198 (6.0%)

160

38

19.2

Mandible plane angle

Low

203 (6.3%)

163

40

19.7

0.71

0.70

Average

2462 (76.3%)

2031

431

17.5

High

560 (17.4%)

458

102

18.2

  1. Chi-square tests were used
  2. * Statistically significant at P < 0.05