## 3 Results
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline \multirow{3}{*}{**Variables**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**PK Group**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Control Group**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**95\% CI of the**} \\  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**(_n = 25_)**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**(_n = 23_)**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Diff.**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**\(p\) Value**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Difference**} \\ \cline{2-2} \cline{5-8}  & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Mean**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**SD**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Mean**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**SD**} & & \multirow{2}{*}{**Lower**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Upper**} \\  & _Median_ & _IQR_ & _Median_ & _IQR_ & & & & \\ \hline SNA (deg) & 80.2 & 2.4 & 80.2 & 3.2 & 0.0 & 0.980 & \(-\)1.6 & 1.7 \\ SNB (deg) & 74.5 & 2.2 & 74.8 & 2.7 & \(-\)0.3 & 0.740 & \(-\)1.7 & 1.2 \\ ANB (deg) & 5.7 & 1.8 & 5.4 & 1.4 & 0.3 & 0.554 & \(-\)0.7 & 1.2 \\ Wits (mm) & _0.6_ & 3.2 & 1.5 & 1.6 & \(-\)0.9 & 0.307 & & \\ SN-Occ. Pl. (deg) & 21.3 & 3.8 & 19.8 & 3.4 & 1.5 & 0.148 & \(-\)0.6 & 3.6 \\ SN-Pal. Pl. (deg) & _8.5_ & _3.6_ & _6.7_ & 3.3 & **1.8** & **0.014** & & \\ SN-Mand. Pl. (deg) & 33.9 & 3.9 & 32.6 & 4.5 & 1.3 & 0.293 & \(-\)1.1 & 3.7 \\ Pal. Pl. to Mand. Pl. (deg) & 25.2 & 4.6 & 25.6 & 5.0 & \(-\)0.4 & 0.793 & \(-\)3.1 & 2.4 \\ Co-Gn (mm) & 99.7 & 5.3 & 97.1 & 5.2 & 2.6 & 0.094 & \(-\)0.5 & 5.6 \\ Co-Go (mm) & 49.4 & 3.9 & 48.5 & 4.1 & 0.9 & 0.412 & \(-\)1.4 & 3.3 \\ Co-Go-Me (deg) & 123.3 & 5.3 & 123.1 & 5.0 & 0.2 & 0.914 & \(-\)2.8 & 3.1 \\ Overjet (mm) & _5.0_ & _4.4_ & _4.7_ & _1.9_ & 0.3 & 0.445 & & \\ Overbite (mm) & _4.6_ & _3.8_ & _3.0_ & 3.2 & 1.6 & 0.248 & & \\ \multicolumn{2}{c}{Molar Relationship (mm)} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\(-\)1.7} & 1.5 & \(-\)1.0 & 1.1 & \(-\)0.7 & 0.083 & \(-\)1.5 & 0.1 \\ Upper Inc. to Pal. Pl. (deg) & 110.0 & 8.4 & 107.7 & 4.1 & 2.3 & 0.246 & \(-\)1.6 & 6.2 \\ Lower Inc. to Mand. Pl. (deg) & 98.3 & 4.7 & 99.1 & 7.1 & \(-\)0.8 & 0.621 & \(-\)4.3 & 2.6 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular} 
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline \multirow{3}{*}{**Variables**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**PK Group**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Control Group**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**95\% CI of the**} \\  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**(_n = 25_)**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**(_n = 23_)**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Diff. **} & \multirow{2}{*}{**\(p\) Value**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Difference**} \\ \cline{2-2} \cline{5-8}  & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Mean**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**SD**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Mean**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**SD**} & & \multirow{2}{*}{**Lower**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Upper**} \\  & _Median_ & _IQR_ & _Median_ & _IQR_ & & & & \\ \hline SNA (deg) & \(-\)1.7 & 2.2 & 0.5 & 1.3 & \(-\)**2.2** & **0.000** & \(-\)3.2 & \(-\)1.1 \\ SNB (deg) & _0.8_ & _2.4_ & _0.7_ & 1.9 & 0.1 & 0.741 & & \\ ANB (deg) & \(-\)2.4 & 2.0 & \(-\)0.2 & 1.0 & \(-\)**2.2** & **0.000** & \(-\)3.1 & \(-\)1.2 \\ Wits (mm) & \(-\)2.7 & 2.6 & 0.7 & 2.4 & \(-\)**3.4** & **0.000** & \(-\)4.8 & \(-\)1.9 \\ SN-Occ. Pl. (deg) & 0.1 & 3.9 & \(-\)1.7 & 3.4 & 1.8 & 0.091 & \(-\)0.3 & 4.0 \\ SN-Pal. Pl. (deg) & 1.0 & 1.8 & \(-\)0.1 & 1.4 & **1.1** & **0.020** & 0.2 & 2.0 \\ SN-Mand. Pl. (deg) & 0.0 & 2.1 & \(-\)0.9 & 1.6 & 0.9 & 0.131 & \(-\)0.3 & 2.0 \\ Pal. to Mand. Pl. (deg) & \(-\)1.0 & 1.8 & \(-\)0.8 & 2.1 & \(-\)0.2 & 0.629 & \(-\)1.4 & 0.9 \\ Co-Gn (mm) & _8.4_ & 5.5 & _6.4_ & 4.7 & 2.0 & 0.201 & & \\ Co-Go (mm) & 5.2 & 4.0 & 3.8 & 3.1 & 1.4 & 0.183 & \(-\)0.7 & 3.5 \\ Co-Go-Me (deg) & \(-\)1.1 & 2.4 & \(-\)1.6 & 1.9 & 0.5 & 0.459 & \(-\)0.8 & 1.7 \\ Overjet (mm) & \(-\)_2.8_ & _3.6_ & _0.1_ & 1.4 & **\(-\)2.9** & **0.000** & & \\ Overbite (mm) & \(-\)2.0 & 2.5 & 0.5 & 1.2 & \(-\)**2.5** & **0.000** & \(-\)3.7 & \(-\)1.4 \\ Molar Relationship (mm) & 3.8 & 1.7 & 0.2 & 1.3 & **3.6** & **0.000** & 2.7 & 4.5 \\ Upper Inc. to Pal. Pl. (deg) & 0.5 & 9.0 & 0.7 & 3.2 & \(-\)0.2 & 0.918 & \(-\)4.2 & 3.8 \\ Lower Inc. to Mand. Pl.