Table 2. AEI M2 mean values (of all five sections through silicone impressions) for each group according to the body side and sex.
| AEI M2 (°) |
N | Min | Max | X | SD | MEN | WOMEN | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | X | SD | N | X | SD | |||||||
| Illinois | R | 30 | 30.74 | 55.60 | 44.141 | 6.84 | 12 | 43.41 | 4.50 | 18 | 44.63 | 8.13 |
| L | 30 | 37.98 | 63.46 | 52.671 | 6.62 | 12 | 54.04 | 5.70 | 18 | 51.76 | 7.18 | |
| Kentucky | R | 30 | 31.42 | 60.16 | 46.44 | 7.72 | 20 | 44.99 | 8.17 | 10 | 49.36 | 6.09 |
| L | 30 | 28.16 | 68.54 | 50.25 | 10.12 | 20 | 47.87 | 10.19 | 10 | 55.00 | 8.56 | |
| African Americans | R | 30 | 28.16 | 68.26 | 50.24 | 9.77 | 15 | 53.20 | 10.77 | 15 | 47.28 | 7.94 |
| L | 30 | 33.60 | 74.82 | 52.50 | 10.29 | 15 | 56.38a | 10.04 | 15 | 48.62a | 9.29 | |
| American Caucasians | R | 30 | 31.18 | 73.42 | 52.85 | 12.06 | 15 | 56.98 | 11.06 | 15 | 48.72 | 11.93 |
| L | 30 | 33.44 | 79.62 | 58.37 | 10.37 | 15 | 61.11 | 9.08 | 15 | 55.63 | 11.15 | |
AEI M2 – articular eminence inclination measured by method 2; 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.