Vertical lip length of children with unilateral cleft lip and non-cleft children at the department of maxillofacial surgery of Ahmadu Bello University teaching hospital, Shika-Zaria Nigeria.

Table 3: Vertical lip length of children with unilateral cleft lip and non-cleft children at the department of maxillofacial surgery of Ahmadu Bello University teaching hospital, Shika-Zaria Nigeria.

	Mean ± SD
Pre-operative
Cleft side	9.23 ± 1.85^a
Non-cleft side	10.05 ± 2.43^b
Non-cleft children	12.68 ± 2.20^c
Immediate post-operative
Cleft side	11.18 ± 1.96^a
Non-cleft side	11.20 ± 2.10^a
Non-cleft children	12.80 ± 2.09^b
1 week post-operative
Cleft side	11.53 ± 2.17^a
Non-cleft side	11.58 ± 2.10^a
4 weeks post-operative
Cleft side	11.81 ± 1.95^a
Non-cleft side	11.85 ± 2.07^a

Mean ± SD with the different superscript letters in the same period differ significantly at p < 0.05.