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Table 3 The vertical diameter (VD), transverse diameter (TD), and distance between the mastoid process and Wormian bones (MP-W)

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

The size and the distance between the MP-W (mm)

Female (mean ± SD)

Male (mean ± SD)

F

t

df

p

VD

18.24 ± 4.14

14.84 ± 9.41

7.060

 − 1.534

56

0.131

TD

13.24 ± 6.67

16.90 ± 16.33

4.012

0.956

56

0.343

MP-W

1.74 ± 0.42

1.74 ± 0.47

3.78

0.060

56

0.952

  1. Student’s t test (MP mastoid process, TD transverse diameter, VD vertical diameter, W Wormian,
  2. MP-W the distance between the mastoid process and Wormian bone, SD standard deviation)