Research Article
A Comparative Study of Facial Asymmetry in Philippine, Colombian, and Ethiopian Families with Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip Palate
Table 2
Statistical analysis summary of the facial measurements.
| Measurements | Ethiopia | Philippines | Colombia | Odds ratio | P value
| Odds ratio | P value | Odds ratio | P value |
| Vertical | | | | | | | Superior third: Tri-Gl (lower) | 1.6 | 0.15 | 3.2 | 0.01* | 1 | 0.4 | Middle third: Gl-Sn (higher) | 0.6 | 0.30 | 2.9 | 0.01* | 12.75 | 0.001* | Inferior third: Sn-Me (higher) | 0.9 | 0.80 | 7.7 | 0.001* | 8.26 | 0.001* | D1 distance from internal canthal to alar base (higher) | 1.5 | 0.19 | 1.7 | 0.15 | 1 | 0.54 | D2 pupil to commissure (higher) | 1 | 0.49 | 1.9 | 0.06 | 1.52 | 0.38 | D3 ear length (higher) | 1.2 | 0.59 | 5.1 | 0.001* | 3.17 | 0.04* | D4 inferior border of ear to inferior border of mandible | | | | | | | D4 left higher | 1.3 | 0.42 | 2.8 | 0.03* | 1 | 0.26 | D4 right higher | 0.6 | 0.27 | 5.3 | 0.001* | 0.75 | 0.63 | Horizontal | | | | | | | Interorbital distance | 2.2 | 0.02* | 1.8 | 0.12 | 1 | 0.55 | D5 subnasal to left and right alar (asymmetry) | 0.7 | 0.36 | 5.6 | 0.001* | 2.04 | 0.04 | D6 philtrum to left and right commissure (asymmetry) | 0.7 | 0.46 | 10.5 | 0.001* | 2.03 | 0.04 | D7 midle line to zigion perpendicular for left and right sides (asymmetry**) | 1.13 | 0.83 | 6.0 | 0.01* | 3.18 | 0.01* |
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*Statistically significant ().
**Asymmetry represented by right or left side higher.
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