Table 3.

Horizontal distances (mm) and ratios of lingula shapes in the females .

	Li-AB		Li-PB		AB-PB		Li-AB/AB-PB
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Ratio
Shape
Triangular (n = 31)	18.48	2.22	14.45	1.95	32.94	2.54	0.561
Truncated (n = 37)	19.52	2.35	14.84	2.26	34.36	3.06	0.569
Nodular (n = 48)	18.12	2.40	14.98	1.85	33.10	3.21	0.547
Assimilated (n = 4)	16.15	2.34	16.05	2.29	32.20	4.22	0.501
Total (n = 120)	18.58	2.43	14.84	2.02	33.42	3.06	0.556
Intershape comparison
p vlaue	0.009*		0.424		0.143		0.019*
	2 > 3,4		NS		NS		2 > 3,4; 1 > 4

n, number of side; Li, lingula; AB, anterior border of ramus; PB, posterior border of ramus.

Lingula shape: 1, Triangular; 2, Truncated; 3, Nodular; 4, Assimilated.

^*Significant, p < 0.05; NS: Not Significant.