Table 4 Table comparing gender and right/left side based on ages and Bonferroni test of dependent variable among different age groups

Anteroposterior width

Right

8.0 (1.3)

8.0 (1.7)

8.5 (1.4)

.317

7.3 (1.5)

7.9 (1.1)

8.7 (1.5)^a,b

.000

Left

7.6 (1.8)

8.1 (1.7)

8.2 (1.9)^a

.027

7.3 (1.2)

7.8 (1.5)

8.4 (1.2)^a

.002

Mediolateral width

Right

19.4 (3.7)

21.3 (2.7)^a

21.7 (1.8)^a

.002

18.0 (2.1)

19.0 (2.8)

18.6 (2.0)

.216

Left

19.6 (2.7)

21.1 (2.8)^a

20.9 (2.4)

.030

17.6 (2.5)

17.9 (3.4)

18.5 (2.7)

.342

Condyle axis angle

Right

70.1 (7.8)

69.2 (6.9)

72.5 (9.6)

.212

68.1 (9.9)

71.7 (8.0)

73.1 (8.9)^a

.039

Left

70.5 (10.4)

71.3 (7.1)

73.8 (9.0)

.207

69.7 (8.4)

71.5 (6.5)

75.5 (7.6)^a

.003

Anterior joint space

Right

2.0 (1.1)

2.2 (0.7)

2.0 (1.1)

.840

2.0 (0.9)

1.7 (0.6)

2.0 (0.9)

.193

Left

1.9 (0.7)

2.4 (0.9)^a

1.9 (0.7)

.020

2.1 (0.9)

1.9 (0.6)

2.0 (0.7)

.670

Superior joint space

Right

3.1 (0.8)

4.0 (1.1)^a

4.2 (1.2)^a

.000

3.6 (1.7)

3.5 (1.4)

3.6 (1.4)

.931

Left

3.2 (1.3)

4.0 (1.2)^a

4.3 (1.4)^a

.001

3.4 (1.6)

3.4 (1.3)

3.7 (1.2)

.690

Posterior joint space

Right

2.1 (0.6)

2.5 (1.1)

2.7 (1.7)

.111

2.1 (0.9)

2.2 (1.0)

2.6 (1.3)

.078

Left

2.0 (0.7)

2.7 (1.2)

2.9 (1.7)^a

.005

1.9 (0.8)

2.2 (0.9)

2.6 (1.7)^a

.042

Fossa depth

Right

9.7 (3.2)

9.1 (1.4)

8.4 (1.7)^a

.043

10.5 (4.3)

9.3 (2.2)

8.2 (1.8)^a

.005

Left

10.1 (3.8)

9.1 (1.7)

8.8 (1.5)

.078

10.8 (4.3)

9.1 (2.6)

8.1 (1.8)^a

.001

Mandibular body

Right

91.4 (7.6)

88.2 (6.0)

88.9 (4.5)

.055

86.7 (8.4)

83.4 (6.0)

81.6 (5.3)^a

.004

Left

90.8 (7.0)

87.3 (5.5)^a

89.1 (4.1)

.028

87.0 (8.4)

83.0 (6.0)^a

81.8 (5.6)

.002