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| Provedor de dados: |
International Journal of Morphology
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| País: |
Chile
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| Título: |
Association Between Tongue Rolling and Tongue Folding in Osogbo, Southwestern Nigeria
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| Autores: |
Igbeneghu,Christopher
Olukanni,Folake
Olisekodiaka,Japhet
Adesina,Adekunle
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| Data: |
2016-09-01
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| Ano: |
2016
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| Palavras-chave: |
Association
Traits
Tongue roller
Tongue folders
Osogbo
Nigeria
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| Resumo: |
This study was carried out among 144 individuals (18 years) from the Yoruba tribe of Southwestern Nigeria in order to determine the association between tongue rolling and folding. Participants were examined for the ability to roll and/or fold their tongues. The incidence of tongue rollers and folders were 59.7 % and 79.2 % respectively. Tongue rolling was higher in females than male but the difference was not significant (X2= 1.039, df = 1, p= 0.308). Tongue folding was significantly higher in females than males (X2= 4.211, df= 1, p= 0.04). Of the 144 participants, 76 (52.8 %) were tongue rollers and folders, 10 (6.9 %) were rollers and non-folders, 38 (26.4 %) were non-rollers and folders and 20 (13.9 %) were non-rollers and non-folders. These classes did not vary significantly with sex (X2= 5.895, df= 3, p= 0.117) but there was a significant association between the ability to roll the tongue and the ability to fold the tongue (X2= 10.97, df= 1, p <0.001). This study shows that tongue rollers are associated with tongue folders.
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| Tipo: |
Journal article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022016000300008
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| Editor: |
Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
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text/html
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| Fonte: |
International Journal of Morphology v.34 n.3 2016
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