Body Height Estimation According to Deciduous Dental Crown Height in a Peruvian Sample of Preschool Children

Table 2

Comparison of crown height per deciduous tooth according to sex and age groups in a sample of Peruvian preschool children.

Age and sex	Crown height (cm) (mean ± SD)
	n	#53	#52	#51	#61	#62	#63	P value
3-year-old males	34	5.38 ± 0.6^Aa	4.98 ± 0.49^AB	5.27 ± 0.65^ABa	5.28 ± 0.54^AB	4.88 ± 0.5^B	5.35 ± 0.61^Aac	0.001
4-year-old males	34	6.07 ± 0.77^Ab	5.14 ± 0.68^BC	5.53 ± 0.54^BDa	5.44 ± 0.65^BD	4.94 ± 0.67^C	5.85 ± 0.72^ADb	0.001
5-year-old males	34	5.82 ± 0.7^Aab	5.1 ± 0.7^BC	5.48 ± 0.69^ABa	5.38 ± 0.57^ABC	4.92 ± 0.68^C	5.64 ± 0.59^Aab	0.001
3-year-old females	34	5.34 ± 0.51^Aa	4.96 ± 0.6^AB	5.11 ± 0.55^ABa	5.19 ± 0.56^AB	4.84 ± 0.61^B	5.24 ± 0.55^ABa	0.004
4-year-old females	34	5.73 ± 0.69^ADab	4.96 ± 0.56^BC	5.37 ± 0.67^ABDa	5.36 ± 0.63^AB	4.81 ± 0.5^C	5.8 ± 0.58^Dbc	0.001
5-year-old females	34	5.54 ± 0.76^Aa	4.9 ± 0.6^B	5.19 ± 0.69^ABa	5.18 ± 0.61^AB	4.77 ± 0.59^B	5.41 ± 0.77^Aab	0.001
P value		0.001	0.577	0.046	0.363	0.821	0.001

Different capital letters indicate significant differences by row. Different lower case letters indicate significant differences by columns. ANOVA test with Bonferroni post hoc. , , and .