Table 2.

Statistical parameters of the distribution of slopes and their upper and lower limits

Group	N	Mean	Upper limit mean	Lower limit mean	Median	Upper limit median	Lower limit median
All variables	49	1.0683 (SD = 0.2796)	1.4840 (SD = 0.4317)	0.7838 (SD = 0.2367)	1.0218	1.4670	0.7650
Length	19	1.0413 (SD = 0.17778)	1.3850 (SD = 0.2603)	0.7982 (SD = 0.1945)	1.0100	1.2860	0.8041
Height	15	1.2335 (SD = 0.2811)	1.7203 (SD = 0.4441)	0.8994 (SD = 0.2421)	1.2864	1.6891	0.9498
Width	9	1.1078 (SD = 0.2367)	1.6040 (SD = 0.4879)	0.7803 (SD = 0.1558)	1.1266	1.6649	0.7303
Teeth	6	0.6818 (SD = 0.2428)	1.0272 (SD = 0.3618)	0.4546 (SD = 0.1663)	0.6318	0.9349	0.4254

N, size of the variable; SD, standard deviation.