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Table 1 Comparison of the pretreatment values for the between orthodontic and surgical groups

From: Treatment decision in adult patients with class III malocclusion: surgery versus orthodontics

Cephalometric data

Pretreatment camouflage group

Pretreatment surgery group

Mann-Whitney test

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Cranial base

 PoOr-NBa

28.5

3.6

29.7

3.3

0.394

 NSAr

124.2

5.6

124.3

7.1

0.746

 BaSN

128.3

4.7

130.8

6.3

0.065*

Sagittal

 SNA

79.9

3.9

79.8

3.5

0.841

 SNB

81.1

4.1

82

3.4

0.352

 ANB

− 1.1

1.2

− 2.1

1.2

0.001*

 Wits appraisal

− 4.8

1.8

− 6.8

1.7

0.001*

 NAPog

− 3.6

3.2

− 6.3

3.9

0.251

Vertical

 PP-SN

8.5

3.1

9.8

2.4

0.056*

 ML-SN

35.9

13.3

36.5

4.7

0.822

 Npog-SN

82.1

4.1

83.2

3.3

0.662

 GoMe-SN

1.1

0.1

1.1

0.1

0.077

 Occ/ML

17.6

4.1

18.2

4.4

0.588

 Occ/F

8.2

3.5

7.5

3.5

0.399

 PP-ML

25.5

5,5

26.6

4.8

0.383

 ArGoMe

129

5.6

131.9

5.9

0.056*

 Go upper or NGoAr

51.2

5.3

51.2

3.5

0.954

 Go lower or NGoMe

77.4

7

80.6

4

0.01*

 Y-Axis

68.6

8.6

68.1

3.8

0.797

Dental

 U1-SN

107.8

6.2

106.2

8

0.370

 L1-ML

90

9.2

85.9

7.2

0.057*

 U1-L1

132.4

10.3

132.8

11.2

0.872

Soft tissue

 Holdaway H angle

11.9

2.8

8.7

3.5

0.001*

Z angle

78

7.3

81.1

6.8

0.078

  1. *Showed p<.05 was accepted as significant