Table 6 Difference analysis among the pre-peak growth period.

From: Craniocervical posture in patients with skeletal malocclusion and its correlation with craniofacial morphology during different growth periods

Cervical posture variables

Class I

Class II

Class III

P

NSL/VER

91.09 ± 11.99

97.58 ± 5.55

91.54 ± 10.82

0.101

NL/VER

88.93 ± 5.22

88.18 ± 5.39

86.65 ± 4.26

0.426

NSL/OPT

100.30 ± 8.49

97.92 ± 10.12

93.82 ± 8.85

0.143

NL/OPT

93.34 ± 7.98

89.39 ± 7.83

82.89 ± 9.99

0.005**

NSL/CVT

101.83 ± 8.74

101.39 ± 9.76

98.25 ± 8.85

0.483

NL/CVT

94.90 ± 8.38

92.72 ± 6.88

87.79 ± 10.09

0.062

OPT/HOR

89.96 ± 6.81

88.44 ± 7.98

95.18 ± 10.48

0.068

CVT/HOR

86.79 ± 8.43

85.82 ± 8.06

90.47 ± 9.76

0.282

OPT/CVT

3.63 ± 3.12

3.87 ± 3.75

4.71 ± 4.52

0.705

  1. *: P < 0.05, **: P < 0.01.