Table 4.

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

	Li-SN		Li-IB		SN-IB		Li-SN/SN-IB
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Ratio
Shape
Triangular (n = 31)	19.14	3.30	31.20	3.44	50.34	4.75	0.379
Truncated (n = 37)	19.44	2.73	29.74	3.50	49.19	4.50	0.396
Nodular (n = 48)	19.96	3.30	29.96	3.54	49.92	5.26	0.399
Assimilated (n = 4)	16.73	1.51	31.68	0.82	48.40	1.53	0.345
Total (n = 120)	19.48	3.12	30.27	3.47	49.75	4.80	0.391
Intershape comparison
p vlaue	0.200		0.253		0.722		0.043*
	NS		NS		NS		2 > 4; 3 > 4

n, number of side; Li, lingula; SN, sigmoid notch; IB, inferior border of ramus.

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

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