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Table 2 Means, standard deviations, mean differences, and p-values for facial morphologic value differences between male and female subjects

From: Three-dimensional photographic analysis of the face in European adults from southern Spain with normal occlusion: reference anthropometric measurements

Measurements

Male

Female

Mean difference

(95% CI)

p value

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Face (mm)

 Face height

120.40 (8.22)

119.69 (4.25)

3.48 (0.20; 6.75)

0.038*

 Lower face height

66.77 (8.05)

65.99 (4.22)

2.77 (−0.46; 6.00)

0.003**

 Middle facial width

134.97 (5.44)

128.22 (6.37)

9.04 (6.49; 11.60)

0.000***

 Facial width

114.42 (4.63)

110.73 (5.06)

7.39 (4.23; 10.55)

0.000***

 Mandible width

113.52 (6.23)

107.58 (7.51)

6.91 (2.80; 11.01)

0.001***

 Right mandibular body length

92.56 (13.33)

83.48 (7.45)

7.74 (1.78; 13.70)

0.002**

 Left mandibular body length

92.48 (13.96)

83.97 (6.89)

7.12 (1.05; 13.18)

0.008**

Nose (mm)

 Nose height

56.94 (4.45)

56.17 (2.83)

1.58 (0.01; 3.15)

0.049*

 Nasal bridge length

48.35 (4.76)

47.56 (2.97)

1.97 (0.04; 3.52)

0.012*

 Nasal width

36.62 (3.28)

31.15 (2.21)

5.23 (3.97; 6.50)

0.000***

 Alar base root width

23.17 (6.07)

20.17 (3.85)

3.20 (1.25; 5.15)

0.002**

Ocular (mm)

 Biocular width

90.40 (4.68)

86.58 (3.20)

4.83 (3.14; 6.53)

0.000***

 Intercantal width

32.52 (4.52)

31.38 (2.78)

2.27 (0.56; 3.98

0.010**

 Biorbitale width

76.06 (4.79)

71.97 (4.62)

4.53 (2.60; 6.45)

0.000***

Orolabial (mm)

 Vermilion height

13.07 (3.75)

11.83 (2.45)

1.52 (0.34; 2.70)

0.040*

 Mouth width

51.11 (4.77)

47.34 (3.65)

4.21 (2.26; 6.17)

0.000***

 Philtrum width

10.62 (2.43)

9.29 (1.95)

1.73 (0.82; 2.64

0.000***

 lower lip height

20.25 (3.20)

19.32 (3.69)

1.95 (−1.19; 2.59)

0.695

Chin (mm)

 Chin height

39.07 (7.01)

38.14 (3.68)

2.06 (−0.82; 4.95)

0.004**

 B-Pg

6.61 (2.34)

5.69 (1.70)

1.57 (0.37; 2.76)

0.011*

 Pg-Me

12.91 (3.22)

12.08 (2.98)

1.77 (0.42; 3.11)

0.011*

Angular measurements (°)

 Nasolabial angle

28.22 (4.32)

24.26 (4.30)

3.92 (1.89; 5.95)

0.000***

 Nasomental angle

30.77 (4.00)

28.62 (3.20)

1.94 (0.54; 3.35)

0.000***

 Transverse nasal prominence

43.82 (2.08)

41.64 (2.63)

2.76 (1.50; 4.01)

0.000***

 Transverse upper lip prominence

35.82 (8.71)

35.53 (3.49)

0.63 (−0.86; 2.08)

0.402

 Transverse mandibular prominence

50.62 (3.61)

49.91 (4.20)

1.22 (−0.41; 2.85

0.142

Ratio measurements

 Upper face height/mandibular width

0.50 (0.05)

0,53 (0.05)

−0.02 (− 0.05; 0.00)

0.081

 Lower face height/mandibular width

0.59 (0.08)

0.62 (0.06)

−0.01 (− 0.06; 0.03)

0.784

 Anterior face height/mandibular width

1,06 (0,09)

1.12 (0.09)

−0.04 (− 0.95; 0.01)

0.140

 Anterior face height/facial width

1.05 (0.08)

1.08 (0.05)

−0.03 (− 0.07; 0.00)

0.055

 Intercantal width/nasal width

0.89 (0.13)

1.01 (0.11)

− 0.08 (− 0.14; − 0.02)

0.008**

 Vermilion height/mouth width

0.26 (0.08)

0.25 (0.06)

0.01 (− 0.01; 0.03)

0.424

 Chin height/right mandibular body length

0.42 (0.08)

0.45 (0.07)

−0.02 (− 0.07; 0.02)

0.207

 Chin height/left mandibular body length

0.43 (0.09)

0.46 (0.06)

−0.02 (− 0.06; 0.03)

0.332

 Nose height/lower face height

0.87 (0.18)

0.86 (0.08)

0.01 (− 0.06; 0.07)

0.175

 Nose height/facial width

0.50 (0.05)

0.51 (0.03)

−0.02 (− 0.03; 0.00)

0.063

 Mouth width/intercantal width

1.59 (0.21)

1.52 (1.18)

0.01 (−0.11; 0.12)

0.859

 Mandible width/biocular width

1.26 (0.08)

1.24 (0.09)

0.15 (−0.03; 0.06)

0.541

  1. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001