Table 6 One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) test compares the salivary hormonal levels and CVMI and MP3 stages amongst prepubertal, pubertal, and post-pubertal age groups for female and male patients.

From: Salivary hormonal analysis as a tool for skeletal maturity assessment

Parameters

Test

Female

Male

P-value

Significance

P-value

Significance

CVMI

Kruskal–Wallis

0.00061

***

0.00371

**

MP3

ANOVA

0.00002

***

0.00004

***

Cortisol—Conc. (Average)

0.202

NS

0.775

NS

17B-Estradiol—Conc. (Average)

0.399

NS

0.843

NS

Testosterone—Conc. (Average)

0.080

NS

0.116

NS

Growth Hormone—Conc. (Average)

0.093

NS

0.225

NS