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The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology

Table 5 Comparison between male and female according to FR type and FR position to the lateral pterygoid plate

From: Radiological anatomy of foramen rotundum and its surgical implications

  

Sex

χ2

MCp

Male (n = 47)

Female (n = 53)

No.

%

No.

%

FR type

Right side

 Type 1

1

2.1

3

5.7

2.643

0.460

 Type 2A

6

12.8

6

11.3

 Type 2B

25

53.2

21

39.6

 Type 3

15

31.9

23

43.4

Left side

 Type 1

0

0.0

3

5.7

7.937*

0.034*

 Type 2A

11

23.4

8

15.1

 Type 2B

20

42.6

13

24.5

 Type 3

16

34.0

29

54.7

MH (p0)

44.0 (0.655)

41.00 (0.394)

  

FR position

Right side

 Lateral position

2

4.3

1

1.9

0.590

0.852

 Online position

10

21.3

12

22.6

 Medial position

35

74.5

40

75.5

Left side

 Lateral position

2

4.3

3

5.7

1.763

0.410

 Online position

10

21.3

17

32.1

 Medial position

35

74.5

33

62.3

MH (p0)

22.0 (1.000)

43.50* (0.050*)

  
  1. χ2 chi-square test, MC Monte-Carlo, MH marginal homogeneity test, p p value for comparing between male and female, p0 P value for comparing between the right side and left side
  2. *Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05
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