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The exclusion criteria were individuals whose responses to the study questionnaires did not match that of their companions and images with artifacts. These patients and their relatives\/housemates were requested to fill in the Epworth Sleepiness Scale and Berlin questionnaires. Based on the answers, the patients were classified as high-risk groups, and patients formed low-risk groups. CBCT images were obtained with 85 kVp and 35 mAs and analyzed using ITK-Snap and Mimics. Oropharyngeal airway volume, minimum cross-sectional area, both mesiodistal and anterior\u2013posterior distances in the same axial cut, and linear length between the posterior pharyngeal wall and nasal spine\/soft palate\/tongue on the midsagittal slice were measured. The level of significance was considered 0.05 for the independent samples\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">t<\/jats:italic>\n                      -test and Chi-square test. Pearson\u2019s correlation coefficient was chosen to discover correlations between CBCT measurements and patients\u2019 age, body mass index (BMI), and neck circumference.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In total, 32 individuals participated with a mean age of 50.2 and 53.2 years in the high-risk and low-risk groups, respectively. Ten females and six males comprised the high-risk group, and eight females and eight males formed the low-risk group. Higher BMI and neck circumference existed in the high-risk group, and they both showed a direct relationship with the Epworth score. Oropharyngeal measurements presented significant differences between the two groups, except for the distance between the base of the tongue and the posterior pharyngeal wall (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.86).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Oropharyngeal airway volume and minimal cross-sectional area can be used as a predictor for obstructive sleep apnea, and CBCT imaging is beneficial for this purpose.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/drj.drj_576_24","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,25]],"date-time":"2025-11-25T12:00:10Z","timestamp":1764072010000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Evaluating the relationship between oropharyngeal 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