Table 3. Soft tissue thickness measurements of different BMI percentile groups and inter-group comparisons.
| Tukey’s HSD | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | n | Mean | SD | SE | I‒II | I‒III | II‒III | |
| Glabella | Underweight | 24 | 5.34 | 0.62 | 0.12 | NS | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Normal weight | 24 | 5.49 | 0.74 | 0.15 | ||||
| Overweight | 24 | 6.69 | 1.19 | 0.24 | ||||
| Nasion | Underweight | 24 | 5.23 | 1.05 | 0.21 | 0.021 | NS | NS |
| Normal weight | 24 | 6.05 | 1.15 | 0.23 | ||||
| Overweight | 24 | 5.69 | 0.84 | 0.17 | ||||
| A-Sn | Underweight | 24 | 15.61 | 2.11 | 0.43 | NS | NS | NS |
| Normal weight | 24 | 14.59 | 1.47 | 0.30 | ||||
| Overweight | 24 | 15.69 | 1.67 | 0.34 | ||||
| Labiale superius | Underweight | 24 | 11.93 | 1.70 | 0.34 | NS | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Normal weight | 24 | 12.55 | 2.03 | 0.41 | ||||
| Overweight | 24 | 14.56 | 1.61 | 0.32 | ||||
| Stomion | Underweight | 24 | 5.27 | 1.64 | 0.33 | NS | 0.000 | 0.042 |
| Normal weight | 24 | 6.14 | 1.56 | 0.31 | ||||
| Overweight | 24 | 7.28 | 1.64 | 0.32 | ||||
| Labiale inferius | Underweight | 24 | 13.39 | 1.84 | 0.37 | NS | 0.003 | NS |
| Normal weight | 24 | 14.11 | 1.38 | 0.28 | ||||
| Overweight | 24 | 15.15 | 2.03 | 0.41 | ||||
| Labiomentale | Underweight | 24 | 10.33 | 0.92 | 0.18 | NS | NS | NS |
| Normal weight | 24 | 11.08 | 1.39 | 0.28 | ||||
| Overweight | 24 | 11.15 | 1.76 | 0.45 | ||||
| Pogonion | Underweight | 24 | 7.84 | 1.31 | 0.26 | NS | 0.000 | 0.017 |
| Normal weight | 24 | 8.77 | 1.18 | 0.24 | ||||
| Overweight | 24 | 9.91 | 1.66 | 0.33 | ||||
| Gnathion | Underweight | 24 | 6.77 | 1.15 | 0.23 | 0.045 | 0.000 | NS |
| Normal weight | 24 | 7.72 | 1.13 | 0.23 | ||||
| Overweight | 24 | 8.59 | 1.68 | 0.34 | ||||
| Menton | Underweight | 24 | 6.27 | 1.03 | 0.21 | NS | 0.000 | 0.013 |
| Normal weight | 24 | 7.97 | 0.94 | 0.19 | ||||
| Overweight | 24 | 7.86 | 1.17 | 0.23 | ||||
Note:
BMI, body mass index; HSD, honest significant difference; SD, standard deviation; SE, standard error; NS, not significant.