Table 3.
Statistical analysis of the tooth size ratios of various malocclusion classes and normal occlusion
| Factor | Groups | n | Mean±SD | 95% CI for mean difference LB-UB | Homogeneity of variances | ANOVA | Tukey’s HSD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LS | Significant | F | P* | Mean difference | P* | |||||
| AR malocclusion group | 1M | 15 | 79.08±2.51 | 77.69-80.47 | 0.74 | 0.998 | ||||
| 1F | 15 | 78.34±3.83 | 76.21-80.46 | |||||||
| 2D1M | 15 | 78.70±2.85 | 77.12-80.28 | 0.52 | 1.000 | |||||
| 2D1F | 15 | 78.18±2.81 | 76.62-79.73 | |||||||
| 2D2M | 15 | 78.75±2.71 | 77.25-80.25 | 0.74 | 0.998 | |||||
| 2D2F | 15 | 78.01±2.00 | 76.91-79.12 | |||||||
| 3M | 15 | 79.20±3.70 | 77.15-81.25 | 0.59 | 0.999 | |||||
| 3F | 15 | 78.61±3.37 | 76.74-80.47 | |||||||
| Total | 120 | 78.61±2.96 | 78.07-79.14 | 0.96 | 0.465 | 0.28 | 0.960 | 0.961a | ||
| AR control group | 1CM | 15 | 78.51±2.79 | 76.97-80.06 | ||||||
| 1CF | 15 | 77.94±2.29 | 76.67-79.21 | |||||||
| Total | 30 | 78.23±2.52 | 77.28-79.17 | 0.46 | 0.505 | 0.38 | 0.543 | |||
| AR grand total | 150 | 78.53±2.88 | 78.07-−78.99 | 0.90 | 0.527 | 0.31 | 0.971 | 0.975 | ||
| OR malocclusion group | 1M | 15 | 92.54±2.10 | 91.38-93.70 | 1.47 | 0.453 | ||||
| 1F | 15 | 91.07±1.92 | 90.01-92.13 | |||||||
| 2D1M | 15 | 92.33±1.92 | 91.27-93.39 | 0.50 | 0.997 | |||||
| 2D1F | 15 | 91.83±2.14 | 90.65-93.01 | |||||||
| 2D2M | 15 | 91.90±1.61 | 91.01-92.79 | 0.35 | 1.000 | |||||
| 2D2F | 15 | 91.55±1.06 | 90.96-92.14 | |||||||
| 3M | 15 | 92.85±2.26 | 91.60-94.10 | 0.83 | 0.942 | |||||
| 3F | 15 | 92.02±2.39 | 90.69-93.34 | |||||||
| Total | 120 | 92.01±1.98 | 91.65-92.37 | 1.15 | 0.34 | 1.24 | 0.289 | 0.215a | ||
| OR control group | 1CM | 15 | 92.08±2.13 | 90.91-93.26 | ||||||
| 1CF | 15 | 91.78±1.99 | 90.67-92.88 | |||||||
| Total | 30 | 92.02±2.02 | 91.27-92.78 | 0.17 | 0.681 | 0.44 | 0.514 | |||
| OR grand total | 150 | 92.01±1.98 | 91.69-92.33 | 0.95 | 0.489 | 1.00 | 0.444 | 0.300a | ||
aUses harmonic mean sample size=15.00; *α=0.05. n: Number of samples; SD: Standard deviation; LB: Lower bound; UB: Upper bound; LS: Levene’s statistic; F: F statistic; P: Significance level; M: Male; F: Female; AR: Anterior ratio; OR: Overall ratio; ANOVA: Analysis of variance; CI: Confidence interval; HSD: Highly significant difference; BAR: Bolton’s anterior ratio; BOR: Bolton’s overall ratio; 1M: Angle’s class I (male); 1F: Angle’s class I (female); 2D1M: Angle’s class II division I (male); 2D1F: Angle’s class II division I (female); 2D2M: Angle’s class II division II (male); 2D2F: Angle’s class II division II (female); 3M: Angle’s class III (male); 3F: Angle’s class III (female)