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. 2018 May 15;18:87. doi: 10.1186/s12903-018-0538-y

Table 3.

Comparison of palatal height among primary, mixed and permanent dentitions; and between males and females

	Mean ± SD of palatal height (mm)
	molar area/Korkhaus’ compass			molar area/digital caliper			canine area/digital caliper
	total	male	female	total	male	female	total	male	female
primary	11.16^a ± 1.63	10.90^a ± 1.35	11.51^a ± 1.99	15.08^a ± 1.31	15.07^a ± 1.61	15.10^a ± 0.85	7.77^c ± 3.54	9.63^c ± 1.79	5.21^b ± 0.65
Mixed	11.87^a ± 5.29	13.02^a ± 7.87	11.03^a ± 1.63	13.70^a ± 3.74	13.30^a ± 4.31	13.99^a ± 3.30	4.00^a ± 2.21	4.02^a ± 2.06	3.98^a ± 2.35
Permanent	15.55^b ± 2.46	15.91^b ± 2.4	15.24^b ± 2.48	19.38^b ± 2.45	19.74^b ± 2.45	19.09^b ± 2.42	6.23^b ± 1.84	6.88^b ± 2.03	5.69^b ± 1.48
P value*	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.043	< 0.001
Total		14.65 ± 4.61	13.83 ± 2.97		17.68 ± 4.06	17.42 ± 3.49		6.53 ± 6.38	5.19 ± 1.86
P value**		0.099			0.597			0.024

*using one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc test. Groups with the same letter are not significantly different

**t-test