Table 2.: Profile of subjects recruited in present study.
| Category |
Number |
| N |
|
Total: 265 |
| Age |
|
Mean ± SD: 13.7 ± 1.9 |
| |
|
Range: 11 - 17 |
| Overjet |
|
Mean ± SD: 3.9 ± 3.7 |
| |
|
Range: -7.0 - 15.0 |
| BMI |
|
Mean ± SD: 19.1 ± 3.2 |
| |
|
Range: 13.1 - 31.6 |
| |
Normal |
245 (93.9%) |
| |
Overweight |
16 (6.1%) |
| Sex |
Female |
166 (62.6%) |
| |
Male |
99 (37.4%) |
| Profile view |
Convex |
179 (67.5%) |
| |
Straight |
52 (19.7%) |
| |
Concave |
34 (12.8%) |
| |
|
|
| Frontal view |
Short lower face |
54 (20.4%) |
| |
Normal lower face |
140 (52.8%) |
| |
Long lower face |
71 (26.8%) |
| Mandibular angle |
Flat |
43 (16.2%) |
| |
Normal |
125 (47.2%) |
| |
Steep |
97 (36.6%) |
| Tonsil size |
Normal |
244 (92.8%) |
| |
Hypertrophic |
19 (7.2%) |
| Relative tongue size |
Normal |
241 (91.6%) |
| |
Large |
22 (8.4%) |
| Shape of upper arch |
Tapered |
36 (13.6%) |
| |
Ovoid |
175 (66.3%) |
| |
Square |
53 (20.1%) |
| Shape of lower arch |
Tapered |
40 (15.1%) |
| |
Ovoid |
184 (69.4%) |
| |
Square |
41 (15.5%) |
| Height of palatal vault |
High |
55 (21.1%) |
| |
Normal |
206 (78.8%) |
| Molar relationship |
Class I |
95 (35.9%) |
| |
ClassII |
59 (22.3%) |
| |
ClassII subdivision |
43(16.2%) |
| |
ClassIII |
39 (14.7%) |
| |
ClassIII subdivision |
29(10.9%) |
| Incisor relationship |
ClassI |
73 (28.3%) |
| |
ClassII division1 |
121 (46.9%) |
| |
ClassII division2 |
13 (5.0%) |
| |
ClassIII |
51 (19.8%) |
| Vertical occlusion |
Reduced overbite |
28 (10.8%) |
| |
Normal |
115 (44.4%) |
| |
Deepbite |
85 (32.8%) |
| |
Reverse overbite |
31 (12%) |
| |
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