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Table 1 Symmetry/asymmetry analysis of Wormian bones (n/%)

From: Wormian bone types: investigating their appearance, correlation to sex, population affinity, and clinical syndromes

Location

Direction

Center

Right

Left

Total

Lambdoid suture (LS)

9 (%15.5)

7 (%12.1)

9 (%15.5)

25 (%43.1)

Lambda

4 (% 6.9)

1 (% 1.7)

1 (% 1.7)

6 (%10.3)

Parietomastoid suture (PMS)

1 (% 1.7)

9 (%15.5)

8 (%13.8)

18 (%31)

Sagittal suture (SS)

2 (%3.4)

–-

–-

2 (%3.4)

Occipitomastoid suture (OMS)

–-

5 (% 8.6)

2 (%3.4)

7 (%12.1)

Total

16 (%27.16)

22 (%37.9)

20 (%34.5)

58 (%100)

  1. Chi-square tests X2 = 19,59; p = 0.012, p<0.05 (direction-location)