Morphometric variations and nonmetric anatomical traits or anomalies of the primary molar teeth, plus the molars' size thresholds for sex identification

Table 4 The areas under the ROC curves as well as the optimum cut-off points for determining the sex based on dental measurements

Jaw	Tooth	Dimensions	AUC	SE	P	95% CI for AUC		Cut-off (mm)
Maxilla	D	Mesiodistal	0.805	0.057	0.0000099	0.693	0.917	7.4925
	D	Buccolingual	0.830	0.054	0.0000017	0.725	0.936	8.9075
	E	Mesiodistal	0.831	0.043	0.0000000	0.747	0.914	8.7550
	E	Buccolingual	0.804	0.046	0.0000003	0.714	0.894	10.3100
Mandible	D	Mesiodistal	0.904	0.040	0.0000001	0.827	0.982	7.9850
	D	Buccolingual	0.874	0.045	0.0000006	0.787	0.962	7.7200
	E	Mesiodistal	0.860	0.042	0.0000000	0.777	0.942	9.8350
	E	Buccolingual	0.856	0.047	0.0000001	0.764	0.949	9.3950

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