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Table 3 Distribution of sex and growth stages based on adenoid hypertrophy identified with three different methods

From: Prevalence of adenoid hypertrophy among 12-year-old children and its association with craniofacial characteristics: a cross-sectional study

	At/Nd					Ad-Ba/PNS-Ba					1-Npaa/Npa
	Non-hypertrophic		Hypertrophic			Non-hypertrophic		Hypertrophic			Non-hypertrophic		Hypertrophic
n	426		91			419		98			445		72
%	82.4		17.6			81.0		19.0			86.1		13.9
	n	%	n	%	p value	n	%	n	%	p value	n	%	n	%	p value
Sex
Male	237	55.6	49	53.8	0.816	234	55.8	52	53.1	0.652	251	56.4	35	48.6	0.250
Female	189	44.4	42	46.2		185	44.2	46	46.9		194	43.6	37	51.4
Growth stage
Pre-pubertal	108	25.4	23	25.3	0.995	108	25.8	23	23.5	0.840	115	25.8	16	22.2	0.806
Pubertal	232	54.5	50	54.9		226	53.9	56	57.1		241	54.2	41	56.9
Post-pubertal	86	20.2	18	19.8		85	20.3	19	19.4		89	20.0	15	20.8

Chi-square test was used to compare either sex or growth stage distribution within non-hypertrophic and hypertrophic patients

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