No relationship was found between the CRI and gestational age (
P=.12), quality of suckle (
P=.90), SBS strain pattern (
P=.79), or cranial quadrant motion restriction (
P=.52). The frequency and percentage of cranial somatic dysfunctions are shown in
Table 3. A left torsion pattern was negatively associated with overriding of the right lambdoidal suture (OR, 0.11; 95% CI, 0.02-0.47;
P=.004), and any torsion pattern was negatively associated with overriding of the right coronal (OR, 0.32; 95% CI, 0.11-0.93;
P=.03) and right lambdoidal (OR, 0.22; 95% CI, 0.06-0.83;
P=.02) sutures. A left sidebending rotation strain pattern was negatively associated with overriding of the metopic suture (OR=0.14; 95% CI, 0.01-0.92;
P=.05). A superior vertical strain pattern was positively associated with overriding of the left coronal suture (OR=12.3; 95% CI, 4.6-no upper bound;
P=.04). Having any sidebending rotation pattern was positively associated with asymmetry of the nose (OR=2.50; 95% CI, 1.01-5.75;
P=.03). There was a positive association with right frontal cranial quadrant motion restriction and the presence of a right sidebending rotation strain pattern (OR, 4.8; 95% CI, 1.44-16.2;
P=.007) and a negative association with left occipital cranial quadrant motion restriction and any sidebending rotation strain (OR, 0.37; 95% CI, 0.16-0.84;
P=.02).