Research Article

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

Table 8

Pearson’s and Spearman’s correlation analysis between hyoid bone position and ANB scores.

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

Absent0.024 (L)0.135 (NS)0.072 (L)0.403 (NS)

Present−0.109 (L)−0.535 (NS)−0.145 (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.