Table 4 Comparison of palatal height index among primary, mixed and permanent dentitions; and between males and females

27.53^b ± 3.00

27.10^b ± 3.10

28.12^b ± 2.96

38.90^b ± 5.11

39.23^b ± 6.49

38.46^b ± 2.60

16.61^ab ± 4.09

15.43^a ± 4.82

18.23^b ± 2.18

24.48^a ± 3.79

24.86^a ± 4.28

24.19^a ± 3.43

33.38^a ± 6.28

33.94^a ± 7.47

32.97^a ± 5.34

13.30^a ± 5.29

15.57^a ± 4.81

11.64^a ± 5.07

33.00^c ± 5.51

32.53^c ± 5.26

33.42^c ± 5.71

41.50^b ± 6.44

40.90^b ± 6.76

42.00^c ± 6.17

18.20^b ± 4.74

19.32^b ± 4.64

17.27^b ± 4.65

<  0.001

<  0.001

<  0.001

<  0.001

<  0.001

<  0.001

<  0.001

<  0.001

<  0.001

30.10 ± 5.87

30.54 ± 6.47

39.08 ± 7.42

39.30 ± 6.98

17.99 ± 4.99

15.81 ± 5.28