Considering the lip print patterns of Ibo and Hausa Ethnic groups of Nigeria: checking the wave of ethnically driven terrorism

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of anthropometric parameters of male and female Ibo and Hausa ethnic groups of Nigeria

Parameters	Male		Female		Ibo M v Hausa M	Ibo F v Hausa F	Ibo M v Ibo F	Hausa M v Hausa F
Parameters	Ibo	Hausa	Ibo	Hausa	Ibo M v Hausa M	Ibo F v Hausa F	Ibo M v Ibo F
Age (years)	23.50 ± 6.57	26.69 ± 8.42	24.07 ± 6.75	23.99 ± 8.78	< 0.001	0.936	0.393	0.002
Weight (kg)	56.69 ± 12.71	64.97 ± 12.56	56.66 ± 11.07	57.01 ± 15.10	< 0.001	0.568	0.980	< 0.001
Height (cm)	164.19 ± 10.02	168.58 ± 7.67	157.91 ± 6.59	156.13 ± 8.74	< 0.001	0.024	< 0.001	< 0.001
Lip height (cm)	2.41 ± 0.63	2.45 ± 0.70	2.18 ± 0.52	1.93 ± 0.87	0.491	< .001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Lip width (cm)	6.51 ± 0.66	6.96 ± 0.61	6.34 ± 0.52	5.90 ± 0.63	0.306	< .001	0.028	< 0.001

Table 1 shows a significance mean difference in age, body weight and height of male Hausa and Ibo and body height, lip width and height of female Hausa and Ibo (P < 0.05), but not for lip height and width of male and body weight and age of female Hausa and Ibo. It also shows a significance mean difference in body height and lip height and width of male and female Ibo, but not for age and body weight. All the variables of Hausa male and female show significance mean difference (P < 0.05)

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