Table 2– Populations of apnoeic and normal subjects according to craniofacial skeletal type and sex
TotalAll subjectsp-valueMalesp-valueFemalesp-value
ApnoeicNormalApnoeicNormalApnoeicNormal
Subjects n107#52#5524272828
Skeletal type
 Class I60 (56)31 (59)29 (53)0.6714 (58)13 (48)0.5517 (61)16 (57)0.96
 Class II34 (32)16 (31)18 (33)8 (33)9 (33)8 (28)9 (32)
 Class III13 (12)5 (10)8 (14)2 (9)5 (19)3 (11)3 (11)
  • Data are presented as n (%), unless otherwise stated. #: sella–nasion–subspinale, sella–nasion–supramentale and subspinale–nasion–supramentale angles were not obtained in three subjects due to artefacts on midsagittal magnetic resonance imaging; : Chi-squared test.