Use of Digital Panoramic Radiographs in the Study of Styloid Process Elongation

Table 4

Evaluation of styloid process length according to age and sex.

Variable	Length of the styloid process (mm)		values
	Right	Left
	Mean ± SD (median)	Mean ± SD (median)
Age
25 to 39	37.6 ± 6.7 (36.2)	35.2 ± 7.6 (34.3)	(1) < 0.001
40 to 59	38.2 ± 8.6 (35.9)	36.5 ± 8.9 (34.5)	(1) < 0.001
60 to 80	35.8 ± 4.1 (34.8)	33.7 ± 5.4 (33.2)	(1) = 0.047
value
Sex
Male	39.2 ± 10.6 (35.1)	38.3 ± 11.3 (35.8)	(1) = 0.260
Female	37.2 ± 6.1 (36.0)	34.8 ± 6.7 (34.2)	(1) < 0.001
value

Significant difference at 5.0%.
(1) Through the Wilcoxon test for paired data.
(2) Through the Kruskal-Wallis test.
(3) Using the Mann-Whitney test.