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Table 2 Evaluation of Wormian bone types according to sex, location, and direction (n/%)

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

 

Type 1

Type 2

Type 4

Type 6

Type 7

Type 8

Type 9

Total

Female

1 (%1.7)

–-

1 (% 1.7)

2 (%3.4)

8 (%13.8)

5 (% 8.6)

3 (%5.2)

20 (%34.5)

Male

–-

1 (% 1.7)

–-

14 (%24.1)

9 (%15.5)

12 (%20.7)

2 (%3.4)

38 (%65.5)

Total (sex)

1 (%1.7)

1 (%1.7)

1 (%1.7)

16 (%27.6)

17 (%29.3)

17 (%29.3)

5 (% 8.6)

58 (%100)

Lambdoid suture (LS)

–-

–-

1 (% 1.7)

7 (%12.1)

9 (%15.5)

5 (% 8.6)

3 (%5.2)

25 (%43.1)

Lambda (La)

–-

–-

–-

1 (% 1.7)

4 (% 6.9)

–-

1 (% 1.7)

6 (%10.3)

Parietomastoid suture (PMS)

1 (%1.7)

1 (%1.7)

–-

6 (%10.3)

2 (%3.4)

8 (%13.8)

–-

18 (%31.0)

Sagittal suture (SS)

–-

–-

–-

–-

1 (%1.7)

1 (%1.7)

–-

2 (%3.4)

Occipitomastoid suture (OMS)

–-

–-

–-

2 (%3.4)

1 (%1.7)

3 (%5.2)

1 (%1.7)

7 (%12.1)

Total (location)

1 (%1.7)

1 (%1.7)

1 (%1.7)

16 (%27.6)

17 (%29.3)

17 (%29.3)

5 (% 8.6)

58 (%100)

Center

–-

–-

–-

–-

15 (%25.9)

1 (%1.7)

–-

16 (%27.6)

Right

1 (%1.7)

–-

–-

1 (%1.7)

1 (%1.7)

16 (%27.6)

3 (%5.2)

22 (%37.9)

Left

–-

1 (%1.7)

1 (%1.7)

15 (%25.9)

1 (%1.7)

–-

2 (%3.4)

20 (%34.5)

Total (direction)

1 (%1.7)

1 (%1.7)

1 (%1.7)

16 (%27.6)

17 (%29.3)

17 (%29.3)

5 (% 8.6)

58 (%100)

  1. Chi-square tests X2 = 86,665; p = 0.001, p<0.05 (direction-type), X2 = 10,573; p = 0.102 (sex-type)