Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences

Table 1 Characterization of age and anthropometric variables according to sex in a quilombola community

From: Estimation of stature in a quilombola community in northeastern Brazil using anthropometric measurements of the hands

	Male (n = 150)		Female (n = 150)		p
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p
Age	39.12	16.20	38.39	15.11	0.8099 M
Stature	170.43	6.70	158.61	5.85	< 0.0001 T
Right hand length	19.31	0.93	17.87	0.80	< 0.0001 M
Left hand length	19.40	0.95	17.91	0.85	< 0.0001^T
Right hand width	8.72	0.40	7.89	0.40	< 0.0001^T
Left hand width	8.60	0.52	7.78	0.43	< 0.0001^T

Values expressed as mean and SD Standard deviation
T Student’s t test for independent sample, W Mann–Whitney test for independent sample, p significance level

Back to article page