Characteristics of craniofacial morphology and factors affecting them in patients with isolated cleft palate

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Introduction

Materials & methods

Sample and data collection

Cephalometric measurements and cluster analysis

Statistical analysis

Results

Qualitative assessment of craniofacial morphology of each cluster categorised by cluster analysis

Quantitative assessment of facial morphology in each cluster

Relationships between craniofacial morphology and the differences in cleft type and surgeons

Discussion

Conclusions

Supplemental Information

XY coordinate of all 36 cases.

The raw data from cephalometric analysis of all 36 cases.

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11297/supp-1

Cleft type and surgeons’ data.

The raw data from surgical records about the cleft type and surgeons.

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11297/supp-2

Additional Information and Declarations

Competing Interests

Naoto Haruyama is an Academic Editor for PeerJ.

Author Contributions

Kyoko Tsuji conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Naoto Haruyama conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Shunsuke Nomura analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Naohisa Murata analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Keigo Yoshizaki analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Takeshi Mitsuyasu performed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Hiroyuki Nakano performed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Seiji Nakamura conceived and designed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Yoshihide Mori conceived and designed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Ichiro Takahashi conceived and designed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Human Ethics

The following information was supplied relating to ethical approvals (i.e., approving body and any reference numbers):

This study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Kyushu University Institutional Review Board for Clinical Research (#27-135).

Data Availability

The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

The raw measurements are available in the Supplementary Files.

Funding

This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP20K10228. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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