Table 1. AEI M1 mean values (of all five sections through silicone impressions) for each group according to the body side and sex.
| AEI M1 (°) |
N | Min | Max | X | SD | MEN | WOMEN | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | X | SD | N | X | SD | |||||||
| Illinois | R | 30 | 21.32 | 40.28 | 31.561 | 4.75 | 12 | 32.74 | 2.79 | 18 | 31.18 | 5.58 |
| L | 30 | 25.14 | 42.78 | 36.621 | 4.36 | 12 | 37.74 | 3.55 | 18 | 35.88 | 4.77 | |
| Kentucky | R | 30 | 23.96 | 43.52 | 34.36 | 4.59 | 20 | 33.87 | 5.12 | 10 | 35.35 | 3.33 |
| L | 30 | 20.66 | 44.34 | 34.54 | 5.75 | 20 | 33.94 | 6.11 | 10 | 35.74 | 5.04 | |
| Africans Americans |
R | 30 | 22.16 | 45.36 | 36.48 | 5.68 | 15 | 37.83 | 6.43 | 15 | 35.13 | 4.63 |
| L | 30 | 24.72 | 45.84 | 36.42 | 5.65 | 15 | 37.79 | 5.55 | 15 | 35.04 | 5.60 | |
| American Caucasians |
R | 30 | 23.96 | 47.64 | 36.26 | 6.42 | 15 | 38.68a | 5.73 | 15 | 33.84a | 6.33 |
| L | 30 | 26.64 | 49.46 | 38.72 | 5.57 | 15 | 40.59 | 5.09 | 15 | 36.85 | 5.56 | |
AEI M1 – articular eminence inclination measured by method 1; N – number of skulls; Min – minimal value; Max – maximal value; X – mean value; SD – standard deviation; R – right; L – left; 1 – statistically significant difference between R and L samples, p < 0.05; a - statistically significant difference according to the sex, p < 0.05.