13 December 2025 : Database Analysis
Assessment of Cervical Vertebral Maturation and Chronological Age in Yemeni Children and Adolescents Using Lateral Cephalometric Radiographs
Abdulmalik Abdul Rahman Al Sabry ABCE 1*, Fuad Lutf Almotareb ABE 1, Ramy Abdul Rahman Ishaq ACE 1, Abdulhamid Al Ghwainem
EFG 2, Adel S. Alqarni DFG 2, Bandar Yahya Alshehri DEG 3, Thiyezen Abdullah AlDhelai DFG 4, Fadi Abdul Allah Al Eryani AB 1, Mohammed M. Al Moaleem CDE 5, Bandar M.A. Al Makramani DE 5
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.950470
Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e950470
Table 4 Comparison between the mean of chronological age at each cervical vertebral maturation (CVM) stage (CS) among sexes.
| CVM stage | Sex | No. | Mean age | Mean difference | P value | 95% CI of the Difference | |
| Lower | Upper | ||||||
| First cervical stage | Male | 12 | 8.83±0.835 | 0.54 | 0.089 | −0.093 | 1.188 |
| Female | 7 | 8.29±0.488 | |||||
| Second cervical stage | Male | 19 | 9.62±0.693 | 0.58 | 0.061 | −0.029 | 1.185 |
| Female | 11 | 9.04±0.653 | |||||
| Third cervical stage | Male | 4 | 10.25±1.500 | 0.21 | 0.809 | −2.046 | 2.459 |
| Female | 14 | 10.04±1.035 | |||||
| Fourth cervical stage | Male | 38 | 13.18±1.580 | 1.03 | 0.003* | 0.355 | 1.695 |
| Female | 26 | 12.15±1.102 | |||||
| Fifth cervical stage | Male | 33 | 16.33±1.291 | 1.10 | 0.002* | 0.429 | 1.779 |
| Female | 41 | 15.23±1.622 | |||||
| Sixth cervical stage | Male | 14 | 18.36±0.929 | 0.59 | 0.084 | −0.833 | 1.245 |
| Female | 21 | 17.77±0.959 | |||||
| * Significant difference. | |||||||