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Table 4 Descriptive statistics for the discriminating variables

From: Extraction decision and identification of treatment predictors in Class I malocclusions

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Treatment

N

Mean

SD

p valuea

Lower crowding

Non-extraction

397

-1.98

3.17

0.000

Extraction

145

-6.63

3.60

LL-E-plane

Non-extraction

397

-1.72

3.12

0.000

Extraction

145

-0.22

2.90

Upper crowding

Non-extraction

397

-1.16

3.78

0.000

Extraction

145

-5.00

3.79

Overjet

Non-extraction

397

2.85

1.94

0.004

Extraction

145

3.45

2.21

  1. at test for independent samples. LL, lower lip.