Research Article
Occurrence of the Elongated Styloid Process on Digital Panoramic Radiographs in the Riyadh Population
Table 3
Association of styloid process elongation, symptoms, and sides of the symptoms between males and females.
| Mean length among males and females (in mm) | Sex | | Right | Left | Female | N | 134 | 134 | Mean | 16.04 | 16.44 | SD | 16.88 | 17.31 | Male | N | 166 | 166 | Mean | 12.51 | 13.86 | SD | 16.38 | 16.89 | Total | N | 300 | 300 | Mean | 14.09 | 15.01 | SD | 16.64 | 17.07 |
| Association of styloid process elongation among males and females | | | | Sex | χ2 value | value | | | | Female | Male | Elongated | No | N | 100 | 118 | 0.234 | 0.628 | Yes | N | 34 | 48 | Symptoms | No | N | 112 | 160 | 7.182 | | Yes | N | 22 | 6 |
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Statistical significance set at 0.05; N, number of samples; χ2 value, chi-square value. |