A study of facial indices among young Malay adults

Facial analysis is anthropologically useful to identify the racial, ethnical, and sexual differences. The present study was done to see the sex difference and variation of facial index among Malaysian population. Cross-sectional descriptive type of study was done in Anatomy Department in UniKL RCM...

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Main Authors: Yesmin, Tahamida, Thwin, San San, Wai, Mar Mar, Zaini, Fazlin, Malim Jaafar, Khairil Azwan
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spelling my.unikl.ir-90132014-12-16T08:03:35Z A study of facial indices among young Malay adults Yesmin, Tahamida Thwin, San San Wai, Mar Mar Zaini, Fazlin Malim Jaafar, Khairil Azwan Facial height Facial width Facial index Sex Facial analysis is anthropologically useful to identify the racial, ethnical, and sexual differences. The present study was done to see the sex difference and variation of facial index among Malaysian population. Cross-sectional descriptive type of study was done in Anatomy Department in UniKL RCMP which was performed on 81 Malay people (40 males, 41 females) aged 19–30 years. To measure the morphological parameters (facial height, facial width, and facial index), digital slide calliper and scale were used. There were significant differences found in all facial parameters of males compared with the females.The mean morphological facial height was 111.9 ± 8.4 and morphological facial width was 127.3 ± 8.0. The range of facial index was 67.44–106.90 for males and 75.21–97.99 for females. The total facial index was calculated according to the formula and the results obtained were analyzed statistically using the -test which was statistically significant (0.003). The dominant phenotype in Malay population was mesoprosopic or round face (45%) and least common face type was hyperleptoprosopic or very long face (5%). There were significant variations in the face index between Malay males and females; further study with large sample size in different races in Malaysia is recommended. 2014-12-16T08:03:35Z 2014-12-16T08:03:35Z 2014 Article APA http://localhost/xmlui/handle/123456789/9013 en DOI: 10.5176/2382-6096_CMMA14.12; GSTF Digital Library
institution Universiti Kuala Lumpur
building UniKL Library
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continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Kuala Lumpur
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url_provider http://ir.unikl.edu.my/
language English
topic Facial height
Facial width
Facial index
Sex
spellingShingle Facial height
Facial width
Facial index
Sex
Yesmin, Tahamida
Thwin, San San
Wai, Mar Mar
Zaini, Fazlin
Malim Jaafar, Khairil Azwan
A study of facial indices among young Malay adults
description Facial analysis is anthropologically useful to identify the racial, ethnical, and sexual differences. The present study was done to see the sex difference and variation of facial index among Malaysian population. Cross-sectional descriptive type of study was done in Anatomy Department in UniKL RCMP which was performed on 81 Malay people (40 males, 41 females) aged 19–30 years. To measure the morphological parameters (facial height, facial width, and facial index), digital slide calliper and scale were used. There were significant differences found in all facial parameters of males compared with the females.The mean morphological facial height was 111.9 ± 8.4 and morphological facial width was 127.3 ± 8.0. The range of facial index was 67.44–106.90 for males and 75.21–97.99 for females. The total facial index was calculated according to the formula and the results obtained were analyzed statistically using the -test which was statistically significant (0.003). The dominant phenotype in Malay population was mesoprosopic or round face (45%) and least common face type was hyperleptoprosopic or very long face (5%). There were significant variations in the face index between Malay males and females; further study with large sample size in different races in Malaysia is recommended.
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author Yesmin, Tahamida
Thwin, San San
Wai, Mar Mar
Zaini, Fazlin
Malim Jaafar, Khairil Azwan
author_facet Yesmin, Tahamida
Thwin, San San
Wai, Mar Mar
Zaini, Fazlin
Malim Jaafar, Khairil Azwan
author_sort Yesmin, Tahamida
title A study of facial indices among young Malay adults
title_short A study of facial indices among young Malay adults
title_full A study of facial indices among young Malay adults
title_fullStr A study of facial indices among young Malay adults
title_full_unstemmed A study of facial indices among young Malay adults
title_sort study of facial indices among young malay adults
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