Table. 3. Table 3

Changes in tympanic bone measurements (unit: mm) according to sex and evaluation of intra-observer agreement in tympanic bone measurements using the intra-correlation coefficient

	Female	Male	P-value	ICC	95% CI	P-value
Lower bound	Upper bound
Right anterior-superior wall thickness	1.89±0.54	2.11±0.74	0.002*	0.968	0.934	0.985	<0.001*
Left anterior-superior wall thickness	2.43±0.74	2.69±0.81	0.002*	0.978	0.954	0.989	<0.001*
Right anterior-inferior wall thickness	8.60±2.09	9.53±2.31	<0.001*	0.981	0.960	0.991	<0.001*
Left anterior-inferior wall thickness	1.78±0.50	1.93±0.57	0.009*	0.979	0.956	0.990	<0.001*
Right inferior wall thickness	2.28±0.61	2.44±0.76	0.030*	0.983	0.965	0.992	<0.001*
Left inferior wall thickness	8.76±1.85	9.82±2.31	<0.001*	0.923	0.884	0.962	<0.001*
Right canal length	14.45±2.43	15.37±2.41	0.001*	0.947	0.891	0.974	<0.001*
Left canal length	15.25±1.96	15.99±2.41	0.002*	0.903	0.807	0.953	<0.001*
Right tympanomandibular distance	2.69±0.99	2.86±0.97	0.114	0.990	0.978	0.995	<0.001*
Left tympanomandibular distance	2.69±1.01	2.92±0.99	0.041*	0.995	0.990	0.998	<0.001*

(ICC: intra-class correlation coefficient, CI: confidence interval)

*P<0.05.

Values are presented as mean±standard deviation.

J Korean Assoc Oral Maxillofac Surg 2022;48:149~154
https://doi.org/10.5125/jkaoms.2022.48.3.149

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