Table 2: Correlations between tongue features and skeletal/airway measures.
Thickness | Range of Motion | Velocity of Motion | ||||||||||||
Chewing | Swallowing | At Rest | Chewing | Swallowing | Chewing | Swallowing | ||||||||
Sag. | Cor. | Sag. | Cor. | Sag. | Cor. | Sag. | Cor. | Sag. | Cor. | Sag. | Cor. | Sag. | Cor. | |
Heights | ||||||||||||||
Na-Me | 0.79** | 0.52 | 0.43 | 0.19 | 0.38 | 0.21 | -0.12 | 0.14 | 0.24 | -0.52 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.43 | 0.19 |
ANS-Me | -0.07 | 0.24 | -0.24 | 0.38 | -0.19 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.02 | -0.36 | -0.67* | -0.17 | 0.33 | -0.24 | 0.38 |
Mx-M | -0.01 | -0.06 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.08 | -0.16 | -0.01 | 0.05 | -0.25 | -0.69* | -0.01 | -0.16 | 0.13 | 0.13 |
Cd-Go | 0.64* | 0.43 | 0.07 | -0.12 | 0.50 | 0.21 | 0.12 | 0.60 | 0.38 | 0.12 | 0.36 | 0.31 | 0.07 | -0.12 |
Pr-Me | 0.69* | 0.36 | 0.19 | -0.02 | 0.14 | 0.12 | -0.29 | 0.38 | 0.52 | -0.50 | 0.02 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.19 |
Widths | ||||||||||||||
Mxl-Mxr | -0.25 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.30 | 0.34 | -0.12 | 0.43 | -0.18 | -0.75** | -0.16 | 0.42 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.30 |
Cdl-Cdr | 0.52 | 0.40 | 0.07 | -0.29 | 0.69* | 0.21 | 0.64* | 0.83** | 0.05 | 0.26 | 0.05 | 0.17 | 0.07 | -0.29 |
Gol-Gor | 0.78** | 0.76** | 0.31 | 0.29 | 0.60 | 0.55 | 0.14 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.07 | 0.69* | 0.64* | 0.31 | 0.29 |
Lengths | ||||||||||||||
Go-Me | 0.69* | 0.76** | 0.19 | 0.24 | 0.43 | 0.64* | 0.24 | 0.45 | 0.12 | -0.24 | 0.21 | 0.52 | 0.19 | 0.24 |
Cd-Pog | 0.71** | 0.69* | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.40 | 0.52 | 0.14 | 0.52 | 0.26 | -0.19 | 0.24 | 0.50 | 0.12 | 0.14 |
Angles | ||||||||||||||
ANB | -0.64* | -0.57 | -0.17 | -0.19 | -0.40 | -0.43 | 0.05 | -0.29 | -0.31 | 0.05 | -0.55 | -0.48 | -0.17 | -0.19 |
Cd-Go-Me | 0.24 | 0.07 | 0.76** | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.29 | -0.24 | -0.50 | 0.07 | -0.12 | 0.14 | -0.29 | 0.76** | 0.14 |
Cdl-Go-Cdr | 0.24 | 0.50 | 0.19 | 0.79** | 0.14 | 0.31 | -0.19 | -0.64* | -0.31 | -0.33 | 0.90** | 0.71** | 0.19 | 0.79** |
Volumes | ||||||||||||||
Mand. | 0.40 | 0.14 | -0.17 | -0.31 | 0.50 | -0.33 | 0.40 | 0.69* | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.19 | -0.17 | -0.31 |
OA | 0.48 | 0.29 | 0.19 | -0.02 | 0.33 | 0.19 | -0.12 | 0.02 | 0.40 | 0.48 | 0.57 | 0.29 | 0.19 | -0.02 |
PA | 0.60 | 0.21 | 0.10 | -0.17 | 0.38 | -0.24 | -0.05 | 0.48 | 0.24 | -0.33 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.10 | -0.17 |
CA | 0.71** | 0.36 | 0.17 | -0.17 | 0.60 | -0.05 | 0.14 | 0.48 | 0.31 | 0.10 | 0.43 | 0.29 | 0.17 | -0.17 |
Mand.: Mandible; OA: Oral airway space; PA: Pharyngeal airway space; CA: Combined airway spaces; Sag.: Sagittal; Cor.: Coronal; *p < 0.10; **p < 0.05.