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Table 3 Correlation of anthropometric and cephalometric parameters with AHI

From: Gender-specific cephalometric features related to obesity in sleep apnea patients: trilogy of soft palate-mandible-hyoid bone

Parameters

All subjects

Male

Female

Anthropometry

 BMI

0.356**

0.368**

0.240

 NC

0.361**

0.387**

0.103

 WHR

0.428**

0.384**

0.397**

Cephalometry

 ANB

0.079

0.042

0.384*

 SPL

0.284**

0.267**

0.141

 SPT

0.234**

0.150

0.386**

 RPS

− 0.048

− 0.053

− 0.208

 RLS

0.137*

0.108

− 0.024

 MPH

0.339**

0.292**

0.253

  1. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01. Numbers are Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r values). AHI apnea-hypopnea index, BMI body mass index, NC neck circumference, WHR waist-hip ratio, ANB angle from A point to nasion to B point, SPL soft palate length, SPT soft palate thickness, RPS retropalatal space, RLS retrolingual space, MPH mandibular plane to hyoid