EVALUATION OF VARIOUS FACIAL ANTHROPOMETRIC PROPORTIONS IN INDIAN AMERICAN WOMEN. Evaluación de varias proporciones antropométricas en mujeres indio-americanas
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https://doi.org/10.31051/1852.8023.v8.n1.14203Keywords:
Facial anthropometry, facial ratio, golden ratio, silver ratio, Antropometría facial, proporción facial, proporción de oro, proporción de plataAbstract
El equililbrio y la armonía de los diferentes rasgos de la cara son esenciales para el cirujano quien debe analizar la cara para poder planificar su tratamiento. La evaluación de la cara femenina se puede hacer por medio de medidas lineales, angulares y proporciones. El propósito de esta investigación es examinar varias proporciones faciales en las mujeres aborígenes americanas y compararlas con las normas de las personas indias (de India) y las personas caucásicas. Tambien queriamos saber si estas normas satisfacen las proporciones de oro y de plata. Las medidas faciales antropometricas se tomaron utillizando un calibre digital en cien estudiantes aborigenes americanas (18-30 años) en la Universidad Americana de Antigua (AUA). Un conjunto de proporciones faciales fue calculado y comparado con las normas de las mujeres de la India y de las mujeres caucásicas. Los coeficientes de variación de las proporciones también se calcularon. Todas las proporciones faciales fueron similares con los informes anteriores sobre las mujeres de la India. La mayoría de las proporciones tenian pequeñas coeficientes de variación haciéndolas así muy confiables, debido a la reducción en la variabilidad de las muestras. El indice de altura de la parte superior de la cara, la altura facial mandíbulo-inferior y la altura biocular de la parte superior de la cara se acercaban todos a las proporciones de oro mientras el indice nasal era casi una proporción de plata. Habian diferencias significativas en la mayoría de los resultados cuando se comparaban las estadísticas de los indios y las personas caucásicas utilizando evaluaciones desapareadas. Las estadís-ticas actuales de las proporciones faciales pueden ser utilizadas como valores de referencia para las mujeres aborígenes de América.
The balance and harmony of various facial features are essential to surgeon who requires facial analysis in the diagnosis and treatment planning. The evaluation of female face can be made by various linear measurements, angles and ratios. The aim of this study was to investigate various facial ratios in Indian American women and to compare them with the Indian and Caucasian norms. Additionally, we wanted to evaluate whether these values satisfy golden and silver ratios. Direct facial anthropometric measur-ements were made using a digital caliper in 100 Indian American women students (18 - 30 years) at the American University of Antigua (AUA), Antigua. A set of facial ratios were calculated and compared with Indian and Caucasian norms. Coefficients of variation of the ratios were also calculated. All the facial ratios were found to be similar with previous reports on Indian women. Most of the facial ratios had small coefficients of variation thus making them highly reliable due to reduced intra-sample variability. The upper face-face height index, mandibulo-lower facial height and upper face height-biocular width index were close to golden ratios whereas the nasal index was close to a silver proportion. There was significant difference in most of the values when compared to Indian and Caucasian data using unpaired t test. The present facial ratios data can be used as a reference value for Indian American women.
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