Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences

Table 2 Male and female difference in measurements of L1

From: Identification of sex and age for Egyptians using computed tomography of the first lumbar vertebra

	Males				Females				P. value
	Minimum	Maximum	Mean	S.D.	Minimum	Maximum	Mean	S.D.	P. value
Age	10	64	36.4	13.8	10	60	37.9	13.2	0.549
EPDu	23.3	41.7	32.8	3.6	23.3	35	28.9	2.3	0.000^b
EPDl	23	49	33.4	3.8	23	36.7	29.5	2.7	0.000^b
XHA	16	35	26.0	3.5	17.9	29	24.7	1.9	0.015^a
XHP	17	33	28.4	3.3	18	29	26.0	1.8	0.000^b
LVF	10	18.7	14.2	1.8	10	17	13.8	1.7	0.174
SPL	17.5	40	32.2	5.2	17.5	35	28.9	3.5	0.000^b
SPH	11	33	21.6	4.9	11.5	25	19.0	2.8	0.000^b
VL	56	89	78.7	7.2	56	76	70.4	4.3	0.000^b
PH	9	19	15.8	2.3	9.5	18	14.2	1.3	0.000^b
EPWu	31.8	53	44.4	4.6	31.8	44	38.2	2.8	0.000^b
EPWl	24	55.1	46.8	5.7	33.5	45	40.2	2.7	0.000^b
WVF	19	29	24.2	2.2	18.5	26	22.5	1.8	0.000^b
TD	13	30	18.5	3.3	12.5	25.4	16.4	2.2	0.000^b
TDM	31	80	47.1	8.4	31	50	41.0	4.4	0.000^b
PW	6	13.1	9.3	1.6	4	11	7.7	1.5	0.000^b

^asignificant
^bhighly significant

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