Table 3 Comparison of the pretreatment craniofacial morphology in pooled subjects

Sagittal

 OLp-Apt

70.3

4.2

70.9

4.5

0.6684

0.6

NS

 OLp-Pg

73.9

4.8

72.4

5.3

0.3286

−1.5

NS

 OLp-Co

10.0

2.2

9.8

3.4

0.7782

−0.2

NS

 Co-Apt

80.7

4.1

81.3

5.3

0.6852

0.6

NS

 Co-Gn

99.7

5.3

99.3

7.0

0.8091

−0.5

NS

 Co-Gn minus Co-Apt

19.0

3.0

18.0

3.5

0.2948

−1.0

NS

 Wits

0.6

1.7

1.8

1.9

0.0269

1.2

*

 Is-OLp

77.2

5.5

78.9

5.4

0.2925

1.7

NS

 Ii-OLp

71.9

4.8

71.1

4.8

0.5618

−0.8

NS

 Overjet

5.3

1.6

7.8

2.9

0.0008

2.5

*

 Ms-OLp

49.2

3.8

48.8

4.7

0.7440

−0.4

NS

 Mi-OLp

49.0

4.3

47.5

4.6

0.2549

−1.5

NS

 Molar relationship

0.2

0.9

1.3

1.8

0.0117

1.1

*

Vertical

 OLs-Apt

26.9

2.3

30.2

5.7

0.0131

3.3

*

 ANS-Me

59.0

5.1

57.5

5.8

0.3620

−1.5

NS

 Is-NL

26.0

2.6

28.5

3.1

0.0036

2.6

*

 Ii-ML

35.4

3.3

36.3

3.3

0.3720

0.9

NS

 Overbite

3.1

1.4

3.9

1.2

0.0255

0.8

*

 Msc-NL

18.5

2.0

18.6

2.1

0.8809

0.1

NS

 Mic-ML

27.0

2.4

25.5

2.4

0.0449

−1.5

*

Angular

 SNA

80.1

2.8

81.1

3.1

0.2623

1.0

NS

 SNB

75.8

2.9

75.9

2.6

0.8411

0.2

NS

 ANB

4.3

1.3

5.1

1.8

0.0796

0.8

NS

 SNL-NL

6.4

2.9

7.2

3.0

0.3755

0.8

NS

 SNL-ML

33.4

4.8

32.8

5.9

0.6801

−0.7

NS

 SNL-Olf

19.9

3.1

18.8

3.7

0.2901

−1.1

NS

 Is/NL

110.1

5.0

110.9

22.4

0.8837

0.7

NS

 Ii/ML

95.1

6.0

93.7

6.7

0.4385

−1.5

NS

 Inter-incisal angle

127.5

7.5

125.2

11.7

0.4427

−2.3

NS