Commissural lip pits in Israeli Jews of different ethnic origin.
The prevalence of commissural lip pits in a group of 2462 Israeli Jews was determined, and a relation of commissural lip pits to ethnic background was noted. Results showed the presence of commissural lip pits in 17.4% of the entire sample; 9.7% were unilateral and 7.7% were bilaterally located. The Ashkenazi group showed a significant higher prevalence of commissural lip pits (19.4%) when compared to the prevalence in the Sephardic group (14.1%) and the Eastern group (21.1%).
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000208:ethnology; D007585:Jews; D008046:Lip / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors