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Table 7 Comparison of our Caucasian torque values with those measured by Andrews

From: Three-dimensional assessment of teeth first-, second- and third-order position in Caucasian and African subjects with ideal occlusion

Caucasians—torque				Andrews’ values			Comparison
	n.	Mean	Standard deviation	n	Mean	Standard deviation	t test	p level
TORQUE U7	60	−5.50	12.23	240	−8.10	5.63	1.60	ns
TORQUE U6	60	−6.26	10.24	240	−11.53	3.91	3.92	<0.001
TORQUE U5	60	−3.54	6.42	240	−8.78	4.13	6.02	<0.001
TORQUE U4	60	−5.35	5.64	240	−8.47	4.02	4.04	<0.001
TORQUE U3	60	−3.35	7.15	240	−7.25	4.21	4.05	<0.001
TORQUE U2	60	6.23	6.31	240	4.42	4.38	2.10	0.040
TORQUE U1	60	7.41	6.19	240	6.11	3.97	1.54	ns
TORQUE L7	60	−33.26	11.69	240	−36.03	6.57	1.77	ns
TORQUE L6	60	−29.24	9.29	240	−30.67	5.90	1.14	ns
TORQUE L5	60	−17.43	7.98	240	−23.63	5.58	5.68	<0.001
TORQUE L4	60	−14.96	7.69	240	−18.95	4.96	3.83	<0.001
TORQUE L3	60	−9.01	5.74	240	−12.73	4.65	4.66	<0.001
TORQUE L2	60	−1.36	6.89	240	−3.24	5.37	1.97	ns
TORQUE L1	60	2.19	7.11	240	−1.71	5.79	3.93	<0.001

ns not significant.

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