Table 5.

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

	Li-AB		Li-PB		AB-PB		Li-AB/AB-PB
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Ratio
Shape
Triangular (n = 13)	19.02	3.04	15.40	1.74	34.42	2.79	0.550
Truncated (n = 22)	21.62	2.49	15.88	2.16	37.50	3.50	0.577
Nodular (n = 20)	17.99	2.45	16.37	1.32	34.35	2.65	0.522
Assimilated (n = 5)	17.38	0.99	16.98	1.79	34.36	2.34	0.507
Total (n = 60)	19.49	3.00	16.03	1.80	35.52	3.30	0.547
Intershape comparison
p vlaue	<0.001*		0.287		0.004*		0.001*
	2 > 1,3,4		NS		2 > 1,3		2 > 3,4
Intergender comparison
p vlaue	0.521		0.136		0.094		0.540
	NS		NS		NS		NS

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.