Research Article

Relationship between Cervical Spine and Skeletal Class II in Subjects with and without Temporomandibular Disorders

Table 7

Pearson’s and Spearman’s correlation analysis between C1-C2 distance and ANB scores.

TMDPearson’s correlation indexStudent’s t test ()Spearman’s correlation indexStudent’s t test ()

Absent0.043 (L)0.241 (NS)0.100 (L)0.560 (NS)

Present−0.039 (L)−0.190 (NS)0.134 (L)NS according to critical values table for the nonparametric test

L: low correlation; NS: nonsignificant. Student’s t test is used for the evaluation of significance, with a value <0.005.