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Table 3 Median and extreme values of the width of the chiasm (WCHI) and the height of the optic chiasm (HCHI), by age group (in year) and gender

From: A radiologic morphometric study of sellar, infrassellar and parasellar regions by magnetic resonance in adults

	WCHI			HCHI
Age group	Female	Male	p ⁽¹⁾	Female	Male	p ⁽¹⁾
20 to 40	12,0	12,0	0,561	3,0	3,0	0,136
20 to 40	(8,0/21,0)	(8,0/17,0)	0,561	(1,0/4,0)	(2,0/4,0)	0,136
41 to 60	12,0	12,0	0,118	3,0	3,0	0,626
41 to 60	(8,0/17,0)	(8,0/16,0)	0,118	(2,0/4,0)	(2,0/4,0)	0,626
61 to 80	12,0	12,0	<0,001	2,0	2,0	0,333
61 to 80	(8,0/19,0)	(10,0/15,0)	<0,001	(2,0/4,0)	(2,0/4,0)	0,333
p ⁽²⁾	0,467	0,651	p ⁽²⁾	0,004	0,898

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