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Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery

Table 8 Comparison of Linear craniometric parameters of Foramen Magnum in between genders

From: Morphometric analysis of posterior cranial fossa and foramen magnum and it’s clinical implications in craniovertebral junction malformations: a computed tomography based institutional study in a tertiary care hospital of northern part of India

Linear Craniometric Parameters of Foramen Magnum

Female (n = 61)

Mean ± SD

Male (n = 59)

Mean ± SD

Total

Mean ± SD

p value

Foramen Magnum transverse diameter (mm)

26.7 ± 1.27

27.56 ± 1.44

27.12 ± 1.42

0.0008a

Foramen Magnum anteroposterior diameter (mm)

29.94 ± 1.64

32.07 ± 2.25

30.99 ± 2.23

< .0001a

Foramen Magnum area (mm2)

685.82 ± 29.59

697.01 ± 30.31

691.32 ± 30.35

0.043a

  1. A significant p value is denoted in bold letters
  2. aIndependent t test
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