Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Table 4 Correlation between hard and soft tissue changes

From: Evaluation of facial soft tissue thickness in asymmetric mandibular deformities after orthognathic surgery

	Correlation coefficient (r)
	Contralateral side							Deviated side
Variable	Go1	Go2	Go3	Go4	Go5	Go6	Go7	Go1	Go2	Go3	Go4	Go5	Go6	Go7
Hard-D/Soft-D	0.218	0.161	0.331	0.309	0.209	0.311	0.194	0.282	0.340	0.315	0.082	0.170	0.290	0.105
Soft-Th/Hard-D	−0.280^*	−0.526^**	−0.604^**	−0.318	−0.401^*	−0.395	−0.451^*	−0.549^**	−0.542^**	−0.505^**	−0.360	−0491^*	−0.547^**	−0.457^**
Soft-Th/Soft-D	0.806^**	0.660^**	0.171	0.660^**	0.531^**	0.373	0.530^**	0.510^*	0.498^*	0.390	0.595^**	0.348	0.436^*	0.495^*

Data are presented as Spearman’s correlation coefficient (r) between measurements
^*Statistically significant, P < 0 .05
^**Statistically significant, P < 0 .01

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