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. 2023 Oct 3;11:e16196. doi: 10.7717/peerj.16196

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.