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Table 3 Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests comparing each CVMI stage in males and females for serum IGF-1 and serum Osteocalcin

From: Osteocalcin and serum insulin-like growth factor-1 as biochemical skeletal maturity indicators

  

Serum IGF-1

Osteocalcin

  

Kruskal-Wallis test on serum IGF-1 vs CVMI is significant: P < 0.0001

Kruskal-Wallis test on osteocalcin vs CVMI is significant: P < 0.0001

  

Mann-Whitney U tests comparing the mean ranks of serum IGF-1 for CVMI stage a vs b

Mann-Whitney U tests comparing the mean ranks of osteocalcin for CVMI stage a vs b

CVMI stage a

CVMI stage b

Difference in location (mean): a-b

P value

Difference in location (mean): a-b

P value

Males

Females

Males

Females

Males

Females

Males

Females

1

2

−56.00

−31.57

0.114 (NS)

0.0001

−0.51

−1.12

0.273 (NS)

0.175 (NS)

3

−144.82

−351.68

0.011

0.0001

−2.30

−2.22

0.277 (NS)

0.237 (NS)

4

−288.24

−332.07

0.001

0.0001

−2.83

−1.99

0.007

0.064 (NS)

5

−144.37

−206.93

0.014

0.0001

−3.65

0.03

0.013

0.707 (NS)

6

−72.81

−29.99

0.114 (NS)

0.0001

0.36

0.98

0.273 (NS)

0.043

2

3

−88.82

−320.11

0.225 (NS)

0.0001

−1.79

−1.10

0.663 (NS)

0.959 (NS)

4

−232.24

−300.50

0.0001

0.0001

−2.32

−0.87

0.031

0.463 (NS)

5

−88.37

−175.36

0.291 (NS)

0.0001

−3.14

1.15

0.043

0.094 (NS)

6

−16.81

1.57

0.514 (NS)

0.713(NS)

0.87

2.10

0.065 (NS)

0.004

3

4

−143.42

19.61

0.008

0.867(NS)

−0.53

0.23

0.382 (NS)

0.662 (NS)

5

0.44

144.75

0.852 (NS)

0.0001

−1.35

2.25

0.231 (NS)

0.157 (NS)

6

72.01

321.68

0.347 (NS)

0.0001

2.66

3.20

0.044

0.006

4

5

143.86

125.13

0.011

0.019

−0.82

2.02

0.554 (NS)

0.053 (NS)

6

215.43

302.07

0.0001

0.0001

3.19

2.97

0.002

0.001

5

6

71.56

176.93

0.319 (NS)

0.0001

4.01

0.95

0.002

0.053 (NS)