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<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Parameter</td><td class="align_center">Males</td><td class="align_center">Females</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Sensitivity</td><td class="align_center">0.96</td><td class="align_center">0.93</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Specificity</td><td class="align_center">0.98</td><td class="align_center">0.98</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">LR</td><td class="align_center">48.0</td><td class="align_center">46.5</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">PPV</td><td class="align_center">98.4%</td><td class="align_center">98.6%</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">NPV</td><td class="align_center">94.1%</td><td class="align_center">90.2%</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Summary of the characteristics of the test for males and females when the cut-off 0.08 is applied.</div>

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Table 4: Forensic Validity of the Third Molar Maturity Index (<span class="nowrap"><svg xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" style="vertical-align:-4.3443pt" id="M1" height="15.7437pt" version="1.1" viewBox="-0.0657574 -11.3994 23.656 15.7437" width="23.656pt"><g transform="matrix(.017,0,0,-0.017,0,0)"><path id="g113-74" d="M405 650H141L135 622C222 616 230 610 215 535L133 116C118 41 113 33 29 28L23 0H289L295 28C209 33 205 40 219 116L298 535C312 609 317 616 399 622L405 650Z"/></g><g transform="matrix(.012,0,0,-0.012,6.229,4.134)"><path id="g50-52" d="M290 377C321 398 342 415 358 430C378 450 389 473 389 502C389 578 329 635 238 635H237C184 635 137 610 109 578L64 515L88 493C112 529 154 573 208 573S303 542 303 482C303 409 233 370 141 341L149 308C165 313 190 319 215 319C272 319 341 283 341 193C342 98 292 43 222 43C163 43 122 72 96 94C88 101 79 100 70 94C61 87 47 73 46 60C44 47 48 37 62 23C76 10 118 -12 165 -12C238 -12 430 62 430 223C430 297 379 359 290 375V377Z"/></g><g transform="matrix(.012,0,0,-0.012,12.079,4.134)"><path id="g190-78" d="M861 0V28C774 35 771 41 768 147L759 509C756 612 762 614 851 622V650H681L449 149L221 650H57V622C148 613 153 609 144 479L130 271C123 166 117 123 111 88C104 46 85 34 26 28V0H259V28C192 35 169 42 167 90C166 130 166 173 170 256L185 541H187L411 7H431L675 555H679L683 147C683 41 680 35 598 28V0H861Z"/></g></svg>)</span> for Age Estimation in a Russian Population 

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