Table S1: Descriptive statistics and sex wise difference of the nasal angles in 500 subjects using Repeated Measures ANOVA
Nasal angles
(Measurements taken thrice)
Sex N Mean SD t-value p-value
Inter-alar angle_1 Male 250 77.8468 6.29591 -5.03 .001*
Female 250 80.5230 5.59084
Inter-alar angle _2 Male 250 77.9665 6.30938 -4.92 .001*
Female 250 80.5852 5.56948
Inter-alar angle _3 Male 250 77.9051 6.33042 -4.99 .001*
Female 250 80.5622 5.55859
Nasal prominence angle _1 Male 250 21.4922 7.26484 0.49 0.63 Female 250 21.2144 5.34761
Nasal prominence angle _2 Male 250 21.4852 7.24880 0.58 0.56 Female 250 21.1531 5.45255
Nasal prominence angle _3 Male 250 21.4708 7.27534 0.44 0.66 Female 250 21.2212 5.26613
Nasal tip angle _1 Male 250 95.6413 8.22222 -4.32 .001*
Female 250 98.6402 7.28759
Nasal tip angle _2 Male 250 95.6241 8.24647 -4.42 .001*
Female 250 98.7005 7.28573
Nasal tip angle _3 Male 250 95.7194 8.24601 -3.36 .001*
Female 250 98.3248 9.04913 P < .001: Significant
Table S2: Test of significance for inter-alar angle
Using Multivariate Pillai’s Trace Test
Effect Value F Hypothesis
df Error df p-value Partial Eta Squared Inter-alar angle Pillai's Trace .020 5.151b 2.000 497.000 .006 .020 Inter-alar angle *
gender Pillai's Trace .002 .446b 2.000 497.000 .640 .002
Using Mauchly’s test of sphericity Within Subjects
Effect Mauchly's W Approx. Chi-
Square Df p-value Epsilonb
Greenhouse-Geisser
Inter-alar angle .860 74.848 2 .0001 .877
Table S3: The Within- and Between- Subjects effects for the inter-alar angle with respect to the sexes Within-Subjects
Source Type III
Sum of Squares
Df Mean
Square F p-value
Inter-alar angle Sphericity Assumed 2.069 2 1.035 5.200 .006
Greenhouse-Geisser 2.069 1.755 1.179 5.200 .008
Inter-alar angle * sex Sphericity Assumed .214 2 .107 .539 .584
Greenhouse-Geisser .214 1.755 .122 .539 .561
Between-Subjects
Source Type III Sum of
Squares Df Mean
Square F p-value Partial Eta
Squared
Intercept 9416437.965 1 9416437.965 88876.346 0.0001 .994
Sex 2634.763 1 2634.763 24.868 .0001 .048
Table S4: Test of Significance for nasal prominence angle Using Multivariate Pillai’s Trace Test
Effect Value F Hypothesis
df Error df Sig. Partial Eta
Squared Nasal_prominence
angle Pillai's
Trace .002 .465b 2.000 497.000 .628 .002
Nasal_prominence
angle* sex Pillai's
Trace .005 1.155b 2.000 497.000 .316 .005
Using Mauchly’s Test of Sphericity Within Subjects
Effect Mauchly's W Approx. Chi-
Square Df p-value Epsilonb
Greenhouse- Geisser
Nasal_prominence .214 766.766 2 .0001 .560
Table S5: The Within- and Between- Subjects effects for the nasal prominence angle w.r.t. the sex Within-Subjects
Source Type III
Sum of Squares
Df Mean
Square F p-value Partial Eta Squared
Nasal_prominence
angle Sphericity
Assumed .323 2 .161 .558 .572 .001
Greenhouse-
Geisser .323 1.120 .288 .558 .474 .001
Nasal_prominence
angle * sex Sphericity
Assumed .439 2 .220 .760 .468 .002
Greenhouse-
Geisser .439 1.120 .392 .760 .398 .002
Between-Subjects
Source Type III Sum
of Squares Df Mean Square F Sig. Partial Eta Squared
Intercept 683061.390 1 683061.390 5618.295 .000 .919
Sex 30.785 1 30.785 .253 .615 .001
Error 60545.877 498 121.578
Table S6: Test of Significance for nasal tip angle
Using Multivariate Pillai’s Trace Test
Effect Value F Hypothesis
df Error df p-value Partial Squared Eta Nasal_tip angle Pillai's Trace .002 .413b 2.000 497.000 .662 .002 Nasal_tip angle
* sex Pillai's Trace .005 1.245b 2.000 497.000 .289 .005
Using Mauchly’s Test of Sphericity Within Subjects
Effect Mauchly's W Approx.
Chi-Square Df Sig. Epsilonb
Greenhouse-Geisser
Nasal_tip angle .077 1273.707 2 .0001 .520
Table S7: The Within- and Between- Subjects effects for the nasal tip angle w.r.t. the gender
Within- Subjects
Source Type III
Sum of Squares
df Mean Square F p-value Partial
Squared Eta
Nasal_tip
angle Sphericity
Assumed 5.702 2 2.851 .409 .664 .001
Greenhouse-
Geisser 5.702 1.040 5.482 .409 .531 .001
Nasal_tip
angle* sex Sphericity
Assumed 15.947 2 7.973 1.145 .319 .002
Greenhouse-
Geisser 15.947 1.040 15.332 1.145 .288 .002
Between- Subjects
Source Type III Sum of
Squares Df Mean Square F p-value Partial Eta
Squared
Intercept 14145050.373 1 14145050.373 77759.118 0.0001 .994
Sex 3139.787 1 3139.787 17.260 .0001 .033
Table S8: Discriminant function coefficients and its predicted accuracy
Discriminant Function Coefficient for mean nasal angles
(n=500) Discriminant Function Coefficient sex-wise (M=250, F=250)
Nasal Angles Function Gender Function
1 1
Mean Inter-alar angle .110 Male -.347
Mean Prominence angle .137
Mean Nasal tip angle .153 Female .347
Constant -26.484
Predicted Accuracy of the Final Model
Sex Predicted Group Membership
Total
Male Female
Original Count Male Female Percentage Male
Female
159 89
250 250
250 250
63.6 100.0 100.0
35.6 100.0 100.0
Table S9: Comparative mean and S.D. values for all the three nasal angles in both the sexes
Sex Mean Std.
Deviation Valid N (listwise) Unweighted Weighted
Male Mean_Inter-alar 77.906133 6.2969823 250 250.000
Mean_prominence 21.482760 7.2616544 250 250.000 Mean_nasal_tip 95.661573 8.2272326 250 250.000
Female Mean_Interalar 80.556800 5.5660817 250 250.000
Mean_prominence 21.196240 5.3216932 250 250.000 Mean_nasal_tip 98.555147 7.3201795 250 250.000
Total Mean_Interalar 79.231467 6.0832458 500 500.000
Mean_prominence 21.339500 6.3612398 500 500.000 Mean_nasal_tip 97.108360 7.9127785 500 500.000
Table S10: p-values for the mean of all the three nasal angles
Nasal Angles Wilks' Lambda F df1 df2 p-value
Mean_Interalar .952 24.868 1 498 .0001
Mean_prominence .999 .253 1 498 .615
Mean_nasal_tip .967 17.260 1 498 .0001
Table S11: Comparison of the values of the nasal angles of the present study with a previous study Study/Author Population No. of subjects Inter-alar angle Nasal prominence
angle Nasal tip angle Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Sforza et al43 White Italians
(18-30 yrs.)
192 94 75.43 74.45 20.06 20.19 93.84 94.99
Present study North Indians (18-35 yrs.)
250 250 74.81 82.15 37.17 20.96 74.37 99.04