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Table 3 Values of central tendency and dispersion for continuous variables considered in the present study

From: Kvaal’s dental age estimation method applied to Brazilian adults—a cross-sectional test of validity

Variable

Mean

SD

Median

Interquartile interval

Chronological age

49.0

14.8

49.2

36.8; 61.0

Estimated age

46.0

11.9

44.9

36.0; 56.8

 T

260.2

54.3

273.1

209.5; 307.8

 P

185.6

44.9

188.1

148.8; 221.0

 R

181.0

41.0

185.0

146.0; 215.3

 A

72.4

13.7

75.0

59.0; 84.0

 A’

10.6

9.9

11.0

0.0; 19.0

 B

63.7

12.3

66.5

51.5; 73.0

 B’

10.9

4.2

10.5

8.0; 14.0

 C

50.9

10.5

52.0

42.0; 58.0

 C’

5.6

2.2

5.0

4.0; 7.0

  1. SD standard deviation; T, P, R, A, A’, B, B’, C, C’ measurements proposed by Kvaal et al. (1995)—description in Fig. 1