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Table 1 Distribution of the subjects (n = 201) based on MPS maturation, age, and gender

From: The effect of vertical skeletal proportions, skeletal maturation, and age on midpalatal suture maturation: a CBCT-based study

Age	MPS stage
Age	B (n = 30)		C (n = 27)		D (n = 22)		E (n = 5)
Male	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
8	1	3.33	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	2	6.67	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	6	20	1	3.7	0	0	0	0
11	8	26.67	3	11.11	0	0	0	0
12	6	20	5	18.53	2	9.09	0	0
13	5	16.67	7	25.93	7	31.82	1	20
14	2	6.66	8	29.63	4	18.18	1	20
15	0	0	1	3.7	4	18.18	1	20
16	0	0	1	3.7	4	18.18	1	20
17	0	0	0	0	1	4.55	1	20
19	0	0	1	3.7	0	0	0	0

Age	MPS stage
Age	B (n = 4)		C (n = 45)		D (n = 53)		E (n = 15)
Female	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
9	0	0	1	2.22	0	0	0	0
10	2	50	4	8.89	1	1.89	0	0
11	1	25	9	20	5	9.43	0	0
12	1	25	15	33.33	12	22.64	1	6.66
13	0	0	9	20	10	18.87	2	13.33
14	0	0	2	4.45	15	28.30	3	20
15	0	0	4	8.89	7	13.21	2	13.33
16	0	0	0	0	3	5.66	1	6.67
17	0	0	1	2.22	0	0	3	20
18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6.67
19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6.67
20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6.67

MPS midpalatal suture

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