Table 5.

Pairwise comparison of study variables between the class of malocclusion.

	Class 1 vs Class 2		Class 1 vs Class 3		Class 2 vs Class 3
	U Statistic	p-value	U Statistic	p-value	U Statistic	p-value
IMW	513	0.001*	74.5	<0.001*	54.5	0.003*
IMW PER	781.5	0.31(NS)	57	<0.001*	10	<0.001*
MP	534.5	0.002*	253	0.43(NS)	66	0.009*
CP	593.5	0.009*	164	0.02*	39.5	0.001*
ICW	500	0.001*	4	<0.001*	0	<0.001*
ICW/IMW	422	< .00001*	186	< .00001*	29	< .00001*
IM/IMper	305	< .00001*	13	< .00001*	0	< .00001*

	Class 1 vs Class 2		Class 1 vs Class 3		Class 2 vs Class 3
	U Statistic	p-value	U Statistic	p-value	U Statistic	p-value
IMW	513	0.001*	74.5	<0.001*	54.5	0.003*
IMW PER	781.5	0.31(NS)	57	<0.001*	10	<0.001*
MP	534.5	0.002*	253	0.43(NS)	66	0.009*
CP	593.5	0.009*	164	0.02*	39.5	0.001*
ICW	500	0.001*	4	<0.001*	0	<0.001*

Mann Whitney U test.

*p<0.05 Statistically Significant, p>0.05 Non Significant, NS.