Cone beam computed tomographic evaluation of pharyngeal airway in North Indian children with different skeletal patterns

Table 3 Correlations of sections of the airway with each other

	Nasal airway	Superior airway	Middle airway	Inferior airway	Totalairway
Nasal airway
Pearson correlation	1	0.085	0.471a	0.386	0.879b
Sig.(2-tailed)		0.722	0.036	0.093	0
n	120	120	120	120	120
Superior airway
Pearson correlation	0.85	1	0.494a	0.651b	0.4623a
Sig.(2-tailed)	0.722	-	0.027	0.002	0.04
n	120	120	120	120	120
Middle airway
Pearson correlation	0.471a	0.494a	1	0.763b	0.779b
Sig.(2-tailed)	0.036	0.027	-	0	0
n	120	120	120	120	120
Inferior airway
Pearson correlation	0.386	0.651b	0.763b	1	0.744b
Sig.(2-tailed)	0.093	0.002	0	-	0
n	120	120	120	120	120
Totalairway
Pearson correlation	0.879b	0.4623a	0.779b	0.744b	1
Sig.(2-tailed)	0	0.04	0	0	-
n	120	120	120	120	120

^aCorrelation is significant at 0.05 level.

^bCorrelation is significant at 0.01 level.