The dimensional and morphological assessment of the frontal sinus in sex estimation among different populations

Head & Face Medicine

Table 3 Mean measurements of frontal sinus index and area in females and males

Variable		Sex	Mean	SD	t-test	P value
Bosnian	Index	Female	2.80	0.545	1.97	0.050
	Index	Male	2.49	0.564	1.97	0.050
	Area	Female	1.85	0.824	2.01*	0.047
	Area	Male	2.32	0.917	2.01*	0.047
Chinese	Index	Female	2.98	0.532	2.02*	0.043
	Index	Male	2.50	0.254	2.02*	0.043
	Area	Female	1.97	0.587	2.13*	0.030
	Area	Male	2.50	0.853	2.13*	0.030
Nepalese	Index	Female	2.55	1.083	1.99*	0.049
	Index	Male	2.13	0.460	1.99*	0.049
	Area	Female	1.67	0.556	2.99**	0.011
	Area	Male	2.61	0.839	2.99**	0.011

Note: Number of subjects (Male = 102; Female = 116), Mann–Whitney U test was used, SD standard deviation, all measured values were in centimetres ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05

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