Table 3.

Inter-group comparisons

	Overall score (Median (Standard deviation))			p value	Bonferroni post hoc p value
Malar position group	Protruded Malar (PM)	Retruded Malar (RM)	Neutral Malar (NM)		PM vs. RM	PM vs. NM	RM vs. NM
M	9.0 (5.3)	14.0 (6.6)	9.0 (5.5)	p < 0.001***	p < 0.001***	p = 0.545	p < 0.001***
F	9.0 (4.6)	16.0 (7.2)	10.0 (5.9)	p < 0.001***	p < 0.001***	p = 0.542	p < 0.001***
M vs. F	p = 0.735	p = 0.003*	p = 0.045*
Jaw position group	Protruded Jaws (PJ)	Retruded Jaws (RJ)	Neutral Jaws (NJ)		PJ vs. RJ	PJ vs. NJ	RJ vs. NJ
M	15.0 (6.7)	9.0 (5.2)	9.0 (4.5)	p < 0.001***	p < 0.001***	p < 0.001***	p = 1.000
F	18.0 (7.0)	7.0 (5.1)	10.0 (4.4)	p < 0.001***	p < 0.001***	p < 0.001***	p < 0.001***
M vs. F	p = 0.159	p = 0.987	p = 0.801
Relative position group	Relatively deficient malar (RD)	Balanced profiles (BP)	Relatively prominent malar (RP)		RD vs. BP	BP vs. RP	RP vs. RD
M	15.0 (6.2)	9.0 (5.0)	8.0 (4.9)	p < 0.001***	p < 0.001***	p = 0.033*	p < 0.001***
F	18.0 (5.4)	9.0 (3.8)	7.0 (4.8)	p < 0.001***	p < 0.001***	p = 0.063	p < 0.001***
M vs. F	p < 0.001***	p = 0.096	p = 0.162

M Male subject, F Female subject; all comparisons were Bonferroni-adjusted; * p < 0.05, *** p < 0.001