Palatal level | Subpalatal level | ||||||
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Men | Women | Men | Women | ||||
Anterior segments inside mandible: | |||||||
Soft tissue (cm3) | 62 (3) | 41 (3)*** | 99 (8) | 85 (4) | |||
Fat (cm3) | 3.2 (0.7) | 1.1 (0.3)* | 21 (3) | 27 (2) | |||
Fat as % of soft tissue | 5 (1.0) | 3 (1.0) | 21 (2) | 32 (3)** | |||
Fat as % of total neck fat | 1.3 (0.3) | 0.4 (0.1)* | 7 (0.7) | 10 (1.0)* | |||
Anterolateral segments inside mandible: | |||||||
Soft tissue (cm3) | 25 (2.4) | 15 (1.5)** | 64 (5) | 49 (3)* | |||
Fat (cm3) | 1.5 (0.2) | 1.2 (0.2) | 16 (3) | 18 (2) | |||
Fat as % of soft tissue | 7 (1.2) | 9 (1.3) | 23 (3) | 37 (2)** | |||
Fat as % of total neck fat | 0.6 (0.09) | 0.4 (0.05) | 5 (0.5) | 7 (0.4)* | |||
Anterior and anterolateral segments outside mandible: | |||||||
Soft tissue (cm3) | 138 (9) | 89 (4)*** | 72 (6) | 62 (5) | |||
Fat (cm3) | 37 (3.6) | 30 (1.5) | 18 (3) | 29 (3)* | |||
Fat as % of soft tissue | 27 (1.3) | 33 (0.9)** | 29 (3) | 47 (2)*** | |||
Fat as % of total neck fat | 14 (1.6) | 11 (0.9) | 7 (0.7) | 11 (1.1)** | |||
Posterior segments: | |||||||
Soft tissue (cm3) | 333 (16) | 199 (16)*** | 509 (45) | 388 (25)* | |||
Fat (cm3) | 84 (8) | 59 (6)* | 111 (16) | 108 (10) | |||
Fat as % of soft tissue | 25 (3) | 30 (2) | 20 (2.5) | 28 (1.7)* | |||
Fat as % of total neck fat | 30 (2.9) | 21 (1.3)** | 36 (4) | 39 (2) |
Significance of differences between men and women in each region: *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001.