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Table 6 Paired sample t test to see existence of mean difference between actual and estimated height of male participants

From: Estimation of body height from percutaneous length of tibia in Debre Markos University students, North West Ethiopia

Parameters (cm)

Actual mean Ht ± SD

Estimated mean Ht ± SD

MD

SED

95% CI

T

Sig.

Lower

Upper

RT tibial length

168.36 ± 5.89

168.346 ± 3.73

.012

.269

− .5174

.543

.048

.962

LT tibial length

168.36 ± 5.89

168.355 ± 3.72

.004

.270

− .5271

.536

.017

.986

  1. Ht height, SD standard deviation, MD mean difference, SED standard error of difference, CI confidence interval, T t-statistics, Sig. level of significance, cm centimeter, RT right, LT left