Proportions of the aesthetic African-Caribbean face: idealized ratios, comparison with the golden proportion and perceptions of attractiveness

Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Table 6 Comparison of facial ratios of male and female black models with the golden proportion (1.618)

Ratio	Black female model median	Female p value	Black male model median	Male model p value
Intertemporal/intercanthal	1.314	< 0.001	1.313	< 0.001*
Intercanthal/intercheilion	1.903	< 0.001	1.773	< 0.001*
Interalae/interdacryon	1.063	< 0.001	1.17	< 0.001*
Interalae/nose width	2.159	< 0.001	1.968	< 0.001*
Intercheilion/interdacryon	1.443	= 0.002	1.606	p = 0.695
Intercheilion/interalea	1.386	= 0.001	1.377	< 0.001*
Forehead height/intereye-interalae	1.552	= 0.173	1.303	< 0.001*
Forehead height/stomion-soft menton	1.519	= 0.05	1.176	< 0.001*
Ala-soft menton/stomion-soft menton	1.708	= 0.002	1.691	< 0.001*
Intereye-interalae/interalae-stomion	1.408	= 0.006	1.352	< 0.001*
Intereye-soft menton/interalae-soft menton	1.566	= 0.022	1.531	< 0.001*
Intereye-soft menton/intereye-stomion	1.591	= 0.151	1.639	0.323

*Significant differences of ratio between the facial ratios and the golden proportion