Table 3 Descriptive statistics and the results of the One-way ANOVA test (for males and females separately) and two-way ANOVA test (for both sexes) between SOS fusion stages and 3D measurements of mandibular growth pattern

96.27 ± 4.95^a

101.57 ± 5.39^b

109.34 ± 6.47^c

114.51 ± 6.16^d

0.000**

91.44 ± 5.53^a

96.10 ± 5.05^b

102.91 ± 4.41^c

106.76 ± 4.29^d

0.000**

59.21 ± 3.17^a

62.38 ± 3.62^b

67.63 ± 4.46^c

71.54 ± 4.61^d

0.000**

57.02 ± 4.13^a

59.62 ± 3.82^b

63.75 ± 3.66^c

67.11 ± 3.72^d

0.000**

77.03 ± 4.23^a

80.69 ± 4.21^b

86.17 ± 4.22 ^cd

87.10 ± 4.75^d

0.000**

72.83 ± 4.48^a

75.57 ± 3.83^b

79.45 ± 3.81^c

82.93 ± 3.63^d

0.000**

83.84 ± 5.61^a

88.38 ± 4.79^b

95.24 ± 6.33^cd

96.09 ± 5.66^d

0.000**

79.50 ± 4.73^a

82.35 ± 4.81^b

87.19 ± 4.88^c

91.31 ± 4.86^d

0.000**

92.36 ± 4.37^a

96.36 ± 4.45^b

102.87 ± 5.33^c

105.40 ± 5.45^d

0.000**

89.89 ± 4.22^a

91.90 ± 3.89^a

95.82 ± 4.33^b

100.22 ± 4.81^c

0.000**

47.52 ± 4.21^a

51.36 ± 4.39^b

57.31 ± 5.43^c

61.30 ± 4.70^d

0.000**

44.52 ± 2.89^a

47.85 ± 3.38^b

51.64 ± 3.14^c

55.89 ± 3.82^d

0.000**

56.27 ± 4.38^a

61.44 ± 4.26^b

68.20 ± 5.41^c

72.74 ± 4.41^d

0.000**

53.26 ± 4.03^a

57.08 ± 3.65^b

61.92 ± 3.67^c

66.78 ± 3.95^d

0.000**

55.77 ± 4.73^a

60.48 ± 4.47^b

67.52 ± 5.64^c

71.13 ± 6.43^d

0.000**

52.66 ± 3.85^a

56.19 ± 3.60^b

61.03 ± 3.73^c

66.21 ± 4.26^d

0.000**

28.22 ± 5.18^a

27.41 ± 5.06^ab

24.91 ± 5.89^b

21.83 ± 5.56^c

0.000**

28.90 ± 4.89^a

28.13 ± 4.49^a

27.77 ± 4.50^a

24.35 ± 5.16^b

0.000**

0.78 ± 0.68^a

1.01 ± 0.76^a

0.94 ± 0.75^ab

1.10 ± 0.80^b

0.003**

0.76 ± 0.68^a

0.89 ± 0.69^a

1.00 ± 0.69^ab

1.27 ± 1.03^b

0.002**