Research Article
Occurrence of the Elongated Styloid Process on Digital Panoramic Radiographs in the Riyadh Population
Table 1
Characteristics of the study population.
| Age and sex distribution in the population | | | Frequency | % | Age groups | Less than 20 years | 32 | 10.7 | 20–29 | 102 | 34 | 30–39 | 70 | 23.3 | 40–49 | 58 | 19.3 | Above 50 years | 38 | 12.7 | Sex | Female | 134 | 44.7 | Male | 166 | 55.3 |
| Mean age among sexes | | | N | Mean age | SD | Sex | Female | 134 | 31.49 | 11.70 | Male | 166 | 35.47 | 13.67 | Total | | 300 | 33.69 | 12.94 |
| Distribution of elongation of the styloid process | | | Frequency | % | Elongated | No | 218 | 72.7 | Yes | 82 | 27.3 |
| Distribution of symptoms between sides | | | Frequency | % | Symptoms | No | 172 | 90.7 | Yes | 28 | 9.3 | Symptoms right | No | 286 | 95.3 | Yes | 14 | 4.7 | Symptoms left | No | 282 | 94 | Yes | 18 | 6 |
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N, number of samples; SD, standard deviation.
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