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Table 1 Descriptive statistics and comparisons between groups at T1

From: Rapid palatal expansion effects on mandibular transverse dimensions in unilateral posterior crossbite patients: a three-dimensional digital imaging study

  

Control group

  

RPE group

  
  

n = 15 (7 M; 8 F)

n = 33 (15 M; 18 F)

Variable

Unit

N

Mean

sd

N

Mean

sd

Age

years

15

8.3

1.2

33

8.8

1.1

T1-T2

months

15

12

2.4

33

15

2.4

36–46 (occlusal)

mm

15

46.9

2.4

33

47.1

2.9

36–46 (lingual)

mm

15

33.7

1.7

33

33.5

2.4

33–43

mm

14

27.0

1.5

16

26.5

2.0

36 angulation

°

15

−44.7

6.8

33

−47.6

8.8

46 angulation

°

15

−44.7

10.7

33

−48.4

6.9

33 angulation

°

13

−13.7

6.8

20

−15.8

6.8

43 angulation

°

13

−16.3

8.9

20

−17.1

12.0

31 angulation

°

15

−8.1

4.8

25

−9.0

6.2

41 angulation

°

15

−7.7

5.4

25

−8.7

7.6

  1. All comparisons were not significant (p > 0.05, Student’s t test for independent samples)