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Table 9 Descriptive statistics of measurements of the Kenyan African male and Kenyan African female

From: Normative anthropometry and proportions of the Kenyan-African face and comparative anthropometry in relation to African Americans and North American Whites

 

Male

Female

Mean

Standard deviation ±

Mean

Standard deviation ±

Vertical measurements

 Forehead height I (tr-g)

61.4

3.2

55.4

3.3

 Forehead height II (tr-n)

72.2

2.3

67.5

2.9

 Midface height (g-sn)

64.8

6.5

65.3

5.7

 Nasal height (n-sn)

51.0

1.9

47.6

3.1

 Lower face height (sn-me)

76.4

3.6

69.5

4.8

 Upper lip height (sn-sto)

25.5

1.3

24.0

2.5

 Lower lip height (sto-sl)

22.5

1.9

20.7

1.1

 Philtrum height (sn-ls)

15.5

1.3

13.5

1.6

 Lateral commissure height

23.5

2.6

22.3

2.3

 Upper vermillion height (Is-sto)

13.7

1.3

13.4

0.9

 Lower vermillion height (sto-li)

13.8

0.9

13.6

1.0

 Chin height (fml-me)

36.5

3.1

34.1

3.2

 Lower lip to labiomental fold

12.1

1.9

10.6

1.1

 Labiomental fold

8.2

1.9

7.9

2.8

 Lower lip to menton

56.2

3.5

51.6

3.4

 Nasion to menton

101.8

3.6

117.1

5.4

Horizontal measurements

 Intercanthal distance (en-en)

32.2

1.9

32.1

1.4

 Eye width (ex-en)

34.0

3.4

33.7

1.5

 Biocular width (ex-ex)

98.2

3.5

94.4

4.9

 Nasal width (al-al)

43.2

3.8

40.7

3.7

 Ala curvature (ac-ac)

41.3

3.1

33.5

2.2

 Mouth width (ch-ch)

55.9

3.3

52.0

4.0

 Bitemporal width (ft-ft)

115.3

3.4

111.2

2.5

 Bizygomatic width(zy-zy)

133.8

4.6

130.1

3.5

 Bigonial width (go-go)

106.6

5.9

96.8

2.9