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

Table 5

Parameters of the linear regression model for the prediction of body height per deciduous tooth according to sex and age groups in a sample of Peruvian preschool children.

Sex and age groups	#53			#52			#51			#61			#62			#63
	R^2	SEE	P value	R^2	SEE	P value	R^2	SEE	P value	R^2	SEE	P value	R^2	SEE	P value	R^2	SEE	P value
Males 3 years of age	0.00	2.85	0.729	0.00	2.85	0.887	0.00	2.85	0.985	0.00	2.84	0.717	0.02	2.82	0.383	0.02	2.82	0.419
Males 4 years of age	0.00	4.58	0.854	0.03	4.53	0.363	0.02	4.54	0.455	0.00	4.58	0.752	0.00	4.58	0.815	0.00	4.58	0.884
Males 5 years of age	0.04	5.57	0.233	0.02	5.65	0.472	0.02	5.65	0.460	0.07	5.51	0.145	0.06	5.53	0.177	0.01	5.65	0.491
Females 3 years of age	0.13	1.86	0.039	0.13	1.85	0.038	0.00	1.98	0.752	0.01	1.98	0.607	0.00	1.98	0.756	0.02	1.96	0.392
Females 4 years of age	0.00	4.96	0.958	0.03	4.88	0.321	0.00	4.95	0.737	0.00	4.94	0.697	0.00	4.95	0.718	0.00	4.96	0.983
Females 5 years of age	0.14	4.61	0.031	0.07	4.79	0.139	0.13	4.63	0.037	0.08	4.76	0.103	0.05	4.84	0.208	0.18	4.49	0.012
Total	0.01	6.54	0.143	0.00	6.57	0.891	0.01	6.56	0.303	0.00	6.57	0.695	0.00	6.57	0.724	0.01	6.53	0.104

R², determination coefficient; SEE, standard error of the estimation. .