Does 3-dimensional facial attractiveness relate to golden ratio, neoclassical canons, ‘ideal’ ratios and ‘ideal’ angles?

Zwahlen, Roger A.; Tang, Alexander T. H.; Leung, Wai Keung; Tan, Su Keng

doi:10.1186/s40902-022-00358-2

Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Table 3 Comparison of attractive male and female faces with ‘ideal’ ratios

From: Does 3-dimensional facial attractiveness relate to golden ratio, neoclassical canons, ‘ideal’ ratios and ‘ideal’ angles?

Parameters	Descriptions	Ideal target value	Attractive male faces (n = 5)						Attractive female faces (n = 5)
			Total judges		Layman judges		Orthognathic judges		Total judges		Layman judges		Orthognathic judges
			Median	p-value	Median	p-value	Median	p-value	Median	p-value	Median	p-value	Median	p-value
R1	Tr-N: N-Sto	1	0.86	0.14	0.86	0.22	0.86	0.14	1.00	0.72	1.00	0.72	0.96	0.50
R2	Tr-N: Sn-Me	1	0.94	0.69	0.94	0.69	0.94	0.69	1.10	0.23	1.10	0.23	0.97	0.68
R3	N-Sto: Sn-Me	1	1.07	0.04*	1.07	0.04*	1.07	0.04*	1.12	0.04*	1.12	0.04*	1.07	0.04*
R4	Tr-Sn: N-Me	1	0.99	1.00	0.99	0.50	0.99	1.00	1.09	0.07	1.09	0.07	1.02	0.07
R5	N-Sn: Sn-Me	0.754	0.77	0.23	0.77	0.23	0.77	0.23	0.80	0.14	0.80	0.14	0.79	0.89
R6	Sn-Sto: Sn-Me	0.333	0.30	0.22	0.30	0.34	0.30	0.22	0.32	0.34	0.32	0.34	0.32	0.89
R7	Sto-Me: Sn-Me	0.667	0.70	0.14	0.70	0.14	0.70	0.14	0.70	0.14	0.70	0.14	0.69	0.23
R8	Sn-Sto: Sto-Me	0.5	0.43	0.23	0.43	0.35	0.43	0.23	0.45	0.35	0.45	0.35	0.47	0.50
R9	Ls-Sto: Sn-Sto	0.36	0.40	0.04*	0.40	0.06	0.40	0.04*	0.47	0.04*	0.47	0.04*	0.40	0.04*
R10	Ls-Sto: Sto-Li	0.88	1.12	0.72	1.12	0.23	1.12	0.72	1.01	0.50	1.01	0.50	1.13	0.35
R11	En(R)-En(L): X(R)-X(L)	0.2	0.2	0.04*	0.25	0.04*	0.2	0.04*	0.27	0.04*	0.27	0.04*	0.26	0.04*
R12	En(R)-En(L): Ex(R)-Ex(L)	0.333	0.38	0.04*	0.38	0.04*	0.38	0.04*	0.40	0.04*	0.40	0.04*	0.40	0.04*
R13	P(R)-P(L): Ex(R)-Ex(L)	0.7	0.65	0.04*	0.65	0.04*	0.65	0.04*	0.69	0.20	0.69	0.20	0.69	0.20
R14	Al(R)-Al(L): Ch(R)-Ch(L)	0.625	0.79	0.04*	0.79	0.04*	0.79	0.04*	0.72	0.04*	0.72	0.04*	0.72	0.04*
R15	Ch(R)-Ch(L): Ex(R)-Ex(L)	0.6	0.51	0.04*	0.51	0.04*	0.51	0.04*	0.53	0.04*	0.53	0.04*	0.53	0.04*
R16	Ch(R)-Ch(L): X(R)-X(L)	0.4	0.32	0.04*	0.32	0.04*	0.32	0.04*	0.36	0.04*	0.36	0.04*	0.36	0.04*
R17	Al(R)-Al(L): N-Sn	0.625	0.64	0.35	0.64	0.69	0.64	0.35	0.68	0.04*	0.68	0.04*	0.73	0.04*
R18	Sn-Sto: Ch(R)-Ch(L)	0.4	0.48	0.22	0.48	0.23	0.48	0.22	0.42	0.10	0.42	0.10	0.43	0.08
R19	Sn-Me: Ch(R)-Ch(L)	1.33	1.47	0.08	1.47	0.10	1.47	0.08	1.33	1.00	1.33	1.00	1.40	0.50
R20	X(R)-X(L): Tr-Me	0.783	0.80	0.50	0.80	0.50	0.80	0.50	0.77	0.69	0.77	0.69	0.79	0.50
R21	Sn-Sto: X(R)-X(L)	0.225	0.14	0.04*	0.14	0.04*	0.14	0.04*	0.14	0.04*	0.14	0.04*	0.15	0.04*
R22	Sn-Me: X(R)-X(L)	0.53	0.48	0.04*	0.48	0.10	0.48	0.04*	0.47	0.04*	0.47	0.04*	0.47	0.04*
R23	N-Sto: X(R)-X(L)	0.535	0.52	0.04*	0.52	0.50	0.52	0.04*	0.52	0.10	0.52	0.10	0.52	0.10
R24	N-Me: X(R)-X(L)	0.86	0.82	0.04*	0.82	0.50	0.82	0.04*	0.83	0.07	0.83	0.07	0.83	0.07

^*Significant p-value < 0.05

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