Table 5.

Craniofacial components, shape differences from adults measured as Procrustes distance d, 95% confidence intervals for significant distances, Goodall’s F-test and P values

		Neurobasicranial complex					Ethmomaxillary complex					Mandible
Age group	Years	d	95%–	95%+	Goodall’s F	P	d	95%–	95%+	Goodall’s F	P	d	95%–	95%+	Goodall’s F	P
G1	2–3 years	0.042	0.030	0.050	11.810	0.000	0.148	0.134	0.164	42.23	0.001	0.076	0.062	0.087	18.81	0.000
G2	4–5 years	0.039	0.035	0.045	14.120	0.000	0.129	0.120	0.142	44.59	0.001	0.070	0.060	0.080	20.77	0.000
G3	6–7 years	0.033	0.030	0.039	9.980	0.000	0.097	0.087	0.108	27.28	0.001	0.056	0.049	0.064	18.81	0.000
G4	8–9 years	0.026	0.023	0.032	5.690	0.000	0.070	0.061	0.085	11.15	0.000	0.044	0.037	0.055	9.23	0.000
G5	10–11 years	0.020	0.018	0.028	3.580	0.010	0.051	0.043	0.067	7.38	0.001	0.038	0.032	0.050	7.51	0.001
G6	12–13 years	0.014			1.770	0.070	0.042	0.035	0.057	4.84	0.001	0.037	0.028	0.050	7.31	0.001
G7	14–15 years	0.012			1.240	0.231	0.028	0.023	0.044	2.15	0.023	0.027	0.019	0.042	3.20	0.008
G8	16–17 years	0.008			0.490	0.909	0.013			0.41	0.939	0.020			1.70	0.123