Table 6.

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

	Li-SN		Li-IB		SN-IB		Li-SN/SN-IB
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Ratio
Shape
Triangular (n = 13)	18.77	4.19	33.22	3.37	51.99	4.43	0.359
Truncated (n = 22)	20.85	3.02	32.48	4.45	53.33	4.45	0.392
Nodular (n = 20)	19.29	2.87	34.02	3.14	53.31	3.59	0.361
Assimilated (n = 5)	20.12	3.57	36.56	4.73	56.68	5.76	0.355
Total (n = 60)	19.82	3.33	33.49	3.92	53.31	4.34	0.372
Intershape comparison
p vlaue	0.271		0.175		0.241		0.174
	NS		NS		NS		NS
Intergender comparison
p vlaue	0.756		0.080		0.288		0.234
	NS		NS		NS		NS

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

NS: Not Significant.