Sexual dimorphism of foramen magnum: An Egyptian study

Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences

Table 4 Correlations between all tested craniometric parameters independently in females group (n=204)

Variables		ROCW	ROCL	LOCW	LOCL	MnICD	MBD	FMW	FML	FMI	FMA
ROCW	r	-	0.417 <0.001*	0.528 <0.001*	0.246 <0.001*	-0.015 0.835	0.191 0.006*	0.356 <0.001*	0.038 0.589	-.367 <0.001*	.208 .003*
ROCW	p	-	0.417 <0.001*	0.528 <0.001*	0.246 <0.001*	-0.015 0.835	0.191 0.006*	0.356 <0.001*	0.038 0.589	-.367 <0.001*	.208 .003*
ROCL	r		-	0.062 0.381	0.499 <0.001*	0.200 0.004*	0.359 <0.001*	0.219 0.002*	-0.031 0.664	-.287 <0.001*	.086 .223
ROCL	p		-	0.062 0.381	0.499 <0.001*	0.200 0.004*	0.359 <0.001*	0.219 0.002*	-0.031 0.664	-.287 <0.001*	.086 .223
LOCW	r			-	0.391 <0.001*	-0.144 0.039*	-0.008 0.914	0.150 0.033*	-0.051 0.475	-.224 .001*	.053 .450
LOCW	p			-	0.391 <0.001*	-0.144 0.039*	-0.008 0.914	0.150 0.033*	-0.051 0.475	-.224 .001*	.053 .450
LOCL	r				-	0.174 0.013*	0.241 0.001*	0.092 0.195	-0.134 0.058	-.254 <0.001*	-.033 .637
LOCL	p				-	0.174 0.013*	0.241 0.001*	0.092 0.195	-0.134 0.058	-.254 <0.001*	-.033 .637
MnICD	r					-	0.539 <0.001*	0.128 0.069	-0.010 0.885	-.147 .037*	.056 .425
MnICD	p					-	0.539 <0.001*	0.128 0.069	-0.010 0.885	-.147 .037*	.056 .425
MBD	r						-	0.145 0.039*	-0.069 0.329	-.237 .001*	.029 .681
MBD	p						-	0.145 0.039*	-0.069 0.329	-.237 .001*	.029 .681
FMW	r							-	0.629 <0.001*	-.378 <0.001*	.899 <0.001*
FMW	p							-	0.629 <0.001*	-.378 <0.001*	.899 <0.001*
FML	r								-	.480 <0.001*	.903 <0.001*
FML	p								-	.480 <0.001*	.903 <0.001*
FMI	r									-	.061 .389
FMI	p									-	.061 .389
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.