Dimension and Location of the Mandibular Lingula: Comparisons of Gender and Skeletal Patterns Using Cone-Beam Computed Tomography

Table 2

Distance of ramal landmarks related to lingula with their gender comparisons.

Variables	Male		Female		Gender comparison
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	value
Li-EOR	19.99	2.84	18.85	3.05	0.032		Male > female
Li-IOR	13.20	2.58	12.40	2.00	0.069	─
Li-PBR	15.93	1.75	14.89	2.05	0.002		Male > female
Li-vMF	8.73	2.04	7.76	2.49	0.015		Male > female
Li-Sm	20.14	3.38	19.99	3.07	0.783	─
Li-IBR	32.91	3.79	30.40	3.57	<0.001		Male > female
Li-hMF	2.81	1.80	2.01	1.16	0.008		Male > female

: significant, . ─: not significant.