Sexual dimorphism of foramen magnum: An Egyptian study

Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences

Table 3 Correlations between all tested craniometric parameters independently in males group (n=163)

Variables		ROCW	ROCL	LOCW	LOCL	MnICD	MBD	FMW	FML	FMI	FMA
ROCW	r	-	0.348 <0.001*	0.456 <0.001*	0.091 0.248	-0.065 0.411	0.176 0.025*	0.178 0.023*	0.056 0.478	-.115 .142	.149 .058
ROCW	p	-	0.348 <0.001*	0.456 <0.001*	0.091 0.248	-0.065 0.411	0.176 0.025*	0.178 0.023*	0.056 0.478	-.115 .142	.149 .058
ROCL	r		-	0.245 0.002*	0.486 <0.001*	-0.024 0.764	0.297 <0.001*	0.012 0.875	0.054 0.495	.036 .645	.049 .536
ROCL	p		-	0.245 0.002*	0.486 <0.001*	-0.024 0.764	0.297 <0.001*	0.012 0.875	0.054 0.495	.036 .645	.049 .536
LOCW	r			-	0.396 <0.001*	-0.054 0.495	0.078 0.321	0.020 0.795	0.020 0.804	.008 .921	.028 .725
LOCW	p			-	0.396 <0.001*	-0.054 0.495	0.078 0.321	0.020 0.795	0.020 0.804	.008 .921	.028 .725
LOCL	r				-	0.167 0.033*	0.165 0.035*	-0.057 0.469	0.008 0.920	.068 .389	-.030 .705
LOCL	p				-	0.167 0.033*	0.165 0.035*	-0.057 0.469	0.008 0.920	.068 .389	-.030 .705
MnICD	r					-	0.208 0.008*	0.014 0.861	0.001 0.991	-.018 .824	.007 .930
MnICD	p					-	0.208 0.008*	0.014 0.861	0.001 0.991	-.018 .824	.007 .930
MBD	r						-	0.091 0.248	-0.002 0.982	-.095 .230	.063 .421
MBD	p						-	0.091 0.248	-0.002 0.982	-.095 .230	.063 .421
FMW	r							-	0.473 <0.001*	-.433 <.001*	.842 <.001*
FMW	p							-	0.473 <0.001*	-.433 <.001*	.842 <.001*
FML	r								-	.585 <.001*	.869 <.001*
FML	p								-	.585 <.001*	.869 <.001*
FMI	r									-	.111 .160
FMI	p									-	.111 .160
FMA	r										-
FMA	p										-

ROCW: Right occipital condylar width, ROCL: Right occipital condylar length, LOCW: Left occipital condylar width, LOCL: Left occipital condylar length,MnICD: Minimum intercondylar distance, MBD: Maximum intercondylar distance, FMW: Foramen magnum width, FML: Foramen magnum length, FMI: Foramen magnum index, FMA: Foramen magnum area, *significant p <0.05.