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Table 4 Correlation analysis of fat fraction with age, morphological and texture features of LPM

From: Evaluation of lateral pterygoid muscle in patients with temporomandibular joint anterior disk displacement using T1-weighted Dixon sequence: a retrospective study

Variable

ρ/r Value

P Value

 Age

 Age (NP)

0.37*

0.041

 Age (ADDR)

0.16*

0.427

 Age (ADDWOR)

0.37*

0.009

Morphological features

 Length (cm)

-0.22†

0.026

 Width (cm)

0.02†

0.848

 Thickness (cm)

-0.06†

0.567

 Texture features

  

 ASM

-0.32*

 < 0.001

 CON

0.17*

0.090

 COR

-0.28*

0.003

 IDM

-0.27*

0.005

 ENT

0.31*

0.001

  1. Note. LPM, Lateral pterygoid muscle, NP, Normal position disk, ADDWR, Anterior disk displacement with reduction, ADDWOR,  Anterior disk displacement without reduction, ASM = Angular second moment, CON, Contrast, COR,  Correlation, IDM, Inverse different moment, ENT, Entropy
  2. aρ value of Spearman correlation analysis
  3. †r value of Pearson correlation analysis
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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