Nasopharyngeal Development in Patients with Cleft Lip and Palate: A Retrospective Case-Control Study

Table 4

Significant correlations found between skull base flexion and other cephalometric variables.

Correlation of N-S-Ba to	N-S	N-S	S-Go	GSHVER
Correlation coefficient 𝑟𝑠	−0.645**	−0.645**	−0.401**	0.414**
Correlation of N-S-Ba to	S-N-A	Conv-A	S-N-B	S-AA
Correlation coefficient 𝑟𝑠	−0.344**	0.294**	−0.537**	−0.346**
Correlation of N-S-Ba to	Ho-Ho1	TkNph1	TkNph2	TkNph3
Correlation coefficient 𝑟𝑠	−0.322**	0.518**	−0.472**	0.336**
Correlation of N-S-Ba to	H-S	S-N-H
Correlation coefficient 𝑟𝑠	−0.342**	−0.535**

𝑟_𝑠: Spearman’s correlation coefficient.
Level of significance: *𝑃<0.05, **𝑃<0.01).
(GSHVER = facial height relation = S-Go/N-Me, Conv-A = convexity of point A = distance of A-point perpendicular to N-Po; other variables see Figures 1–5).