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Table 3 Logistics Regression Analysis of the lip print patterns of male and female Ibo and Hausa Ethnic groups of Nigeria

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

Gender

Parameters

Igbo

Hausa

Ā Ā 

Regression Coefficient (B)

P- value

OR

CI of 95%

Regression Coefficient (B)

P- value

OR

CI of 95%

Male

Age (years)

0.007

0.968

1.007

0.730ā€“1.388

0.199

0.388

1.221

0.777ā€“1.918

Weight (kg)

0.168

0.556

1.182

0.677ā€“2.065

0.316

0.083

1.372

0.960ā€“1.960

Height (m)

āˆ’Ā 0.169

0.387

0.845

0.576ā€“1.238

āˆ’Ā 0.211

0.131

0.810

0.616ā€“1.065

Lip height (cm)

āˆ’Ā 1.834

0.276

4.869

0.282ā€“8.417

0.012

0.071

1.234

0.534ā€“1.123

Lip width (mm)

1.583

0.395

0.160

0.002ā€“1.094

0.436

0.081

1.677

0.734ā€“1.243

Female

Age (years)

0.188

0.302

1.207

0.845ā€“1.725

āˆ’Ā 0.110

0.843

0.896

0.304ā€“2.645

Ā 

Weight (kg)

āˆ’Ā 0.148

0.335

0.862

0.638ā€“1.166

0.118

0.484

1.125

0.809ā€“1.564

Ā 

Height (m)

āˆ’Ā 0.042

0.658

0.959

0.797ā€“1.154

0.005

0.959

1.005

0.842ā€“1.199

Lip height (cm)

2.130

0.317

8.413

0.129ā€“5.467

0.275

0.342

0.765

0.765ā€“1.234

Lip width (mm)

āˆ’Ā 2.368

0.490

0.094

0.001ā€“7.804

āˆ’Ā 1.032

0.453

0.661

0.621ā€“2.331

  1. Neither the logistic regression model nor any of the variables could independently predict lip print pattern of male and female Hausa and Ibo, significantly (Pā€‰>ā€‰0.05)