Research Article
Nasofacial Anthropometric Study among University Students of Three Races in Malaysia
Table 2
Mean (±SD) of the facial length (FL), facial width (FW), nasal length (NL), and nasal width (NW) of male and female in two age groups.
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Race |
Anthropometric variables | Age group 18-19 () | Age group 20-21 () | value | Male Mean (±SD) | Female Mean (±SD) | value | Male Mean (±SD) | Female Mean (±SD) | value |
| Malay | FL | 115.24 (±5.87) | 106.63 (±3.96) | 0.000 | 118.13 (±6.52) | 107.39 (±4.38) | 0.000 | 0.166 | FW | 131.73 (±9.74) | 115.06 (±4.70) | 0.000 | 137.33 (±7.11) | 121.94 (±7.06) | 0.000 | 0.002 | NL | 51.79 (±3.42) | 45.79 (±2.75) | 0.000 | 50.15 (±4.34) | 45.61 (±3.28) | 0.000 | 0.260 | NW | 40.50 (±2.39) | 36.36 (±1.96) | 0.000 | 40.91 (±2.78) | 38.09 (±3.20) | 0.000 | 0.067 |
| Chinese | FL | 119.62 (±8.20) | 110.10 (±5.32) | 0.006 | 115.48 (±5.50) | 111.19 (±6.53) | 0.129 | 0.515 | FW | 137.89 (±5.27) | 128.46 (±9.60) | 0.014 | 136.35 (±8.19) | 131.90 (±11.39) | 0.329 | 0.751 | NL | 51.76 (±5.55) | 45.68 (±4.22) | 0.013 | 50.14 (±6.02) | 47.29 (±3.06) | 0.198 | 0.996 | NW | 40.20 (±2.70) | 36.60 (±1.90) | 0.003 | 39.42 (±2.20) | 37.48 (±3.29) | 0.138 | 0.961 |
| Indians | FL | 118.08 (±6.70) | 108.79 (±4.83) | 0.002 | 119.15 (±6.89) | 108.69 (±3.25) | 0.000 | 0.832 | FW | 131.17 (±7.63) | 118.91 (±8.18) | 0.003 | 127.38 (±9.39) | 115.75 (±7.11) | 0.006 | 0.278 | NL | 51.32 (±3.44) | 48.00 (±3.09) | 0.036 | 51.36 (±4.25) | 47.48 (±3.29) | 0.035 | 0.849 | NW | 39.58 (±1.61) | 35.70 (±3.09) | 0.002 | 40.13 (±3.65) | 35.22 (±2.42) | 0.002 | 0.978 |
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