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Table 3 Means (standard deviations) of the total annual increase of the inter-marker distances

From: Comparison of measurements of mandible growth using cone beam computed tomography and its synthesized cephalograms

 

Left side

Right side

Description

2D (mm)

3D (mm)

p-value

2D (mm)

3D (mm)

p-value

LP-AMF

91.66 (2.62)

93.66 (3.19)

0.001*

92.32 (2.66)

94.19 (2.69)

<0.001*

AMF-CP

77.83 (4.74)

78.32 (5.05)

0.059

78.78 (4.13)

79.14 (4.18)

0.062

GO-AMF

76.46 (4.74)

79.68 (4.40)

<0.001*

77.11 (4.36)

80.47 (3.73)

0.001*

LP -PMF

64.20 (2.25)

65.99 (2.66)

0.001*

64.78 (1.11)

66.22 (1.47)

0.001*

PMF-CP

52.44 (4.63)

52.80 (4.77)

0.016*

53.31 (3.54)

53.38 (3.66)

0.556

GO-PMF

46.42 (4.82)

49.19 (4.49)

<0.001*

46.96 (2.62)

49.62 (2.65)

0.001*

GO-CP

45.09 (4.29)

46.44 (3.87)

0.009*

45.83 (4.09)

46.81 (3.78)

0.015*

LP -GO

43.55 (2.42)

43.44 (2.46)

0.230

44.32 (2.21)

43.70 (2.29)

0.006*

AMF-PMF

30.48 (2.42)

30.26 (2.33)

0.368

30.60 (3.31)

30.61 (3.08)

0.934

LP -CP

16.15 (2.71)

18.68 (2.75)

0.001*

15.84 (2.21)

18.49 (2.56)

<0.001*

  1. * P-values for the comparisons between 2D and 3D measurements using paired t-tests are also given. An asterisk indicates a significant difference (p < 0.05).
  2. The total annual increase of the inter-marker distances defined as difference between the inter-marker distances at T1 and T12.