Table 2 Comparison of sella–nasion, sella–nasion–basion and sella–nasion–articular measurements of this study and the research by Riolo [3]
From: Morphological configuration of the cranial base among children aged 8 to 12 years
Measurements | Current study | Riolo | p value | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | Female | Male | Female | Male | |||||||
Mean value | SD | Mean value | SD | Mean value | SD | Mean value | SD | Female | Male | ||
Sella nasion | 8 | 60.23 | 2.8 | 60.91 | 2.11 | 72.3 | 2.9 | 75.2 | 3.0 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
9 | 60.57 | 2.7 | 62.48 | 2.0 | 72.6 | 2.7 | 75.9 | 3.3 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
10 | 62.22 | 2.2 | 64.22 | 2.0 | 73.9 | 2.8 | 76.8 | 3.2 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
11 | 62.38 | 3.7 | 62.11 | 2.4 | 74.3 | 3.0 | 78.2 | 2.9 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
12 | 63.54 | 3.0 | 64.27 | 1.4 | 74.9 | 3.0 | 78.3 | 3.3 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
Sella nasion/basion | 8 | 133.36 | 7.57 | 130.46 | 5.15 | 130.0 | 4.8 | 129.0 | 4.8 | 0.117 | 0.311 |
9 | 130.96 | 4.9 | 129.25 | 5.21 | 129.8 | 4.6 | 129.6 | 4.6 | 0.39 | 0.785 | |
10 | 131.19 | 4.45 | 130.99 | 4.13 | 129.7 | 4.5 | 129.2 | 4.7 | 0.22 | 0.162 | |
11 | 128.22 | 3.76 | 132.94 | 4.92 | 129.9 | 4.8 | 128.9 | 4.8 | 0.32 | 0.009 | |
12 | 130.07 | 6.2 | 132.20 | 4.76 | 130.4 | 5.2 | 129.3 | 4.8 | 0.88 | 0.171 | |
Sella nasion/articular | 8 | 124.52 | 4.26 | 124.28 | 4.62 | 123° | 5 | 123° | 5 | 0.31 | 0.296 |
9 | 125.18 | 5.43 | 124.13 | 7.0 | 123° | 5 | 123° | 5 | 0.14 | 0.457 | |
10 | 125.16 | 5.7 | 126.03 | 5.2 | 123° | 5 | 123° | 5 | 0.13 | 0.035 | |
11 | 122.9 | 4.2 | 128.72 | 4.0 | 123° | 5 | 123° | 5 | 0.95 | 0.0003 | |
12 | 124.40 | 6.6 | 126.04 | 4.11 | 123° | 5 | 123° | 5 | 0.54 | 0.162 | |