title: Ocular and facial anthropometry of young adult males of Arab origin.
abstract: Other investigators have provided normal values of facial and ocular dimensions of subjects of different ethnic backgrounds. Our main reason for carrying out this study was to provide a data base of similar measurements for the male Arab (Saudi) population. A projected photographic technique was used. Measurements from the photographs were transformed to real life distances by multiplying by a constant factor. The results of our investigations show that Japanese have wider inter-outer canthal distance (IOCD) than Arabs and Caucasians, both of whom have similar IOCD. Arabs have wider inter-inner canthal distance (IICD) than Caucasians. African-Americans and Japanese have wider inter pupillary distance (IPD) than Arabs. Percentile values of the measured distances will aid in syndrome diagnosis among male Arabs.
authors.affiliation: College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Osuobeni
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: al-Gharni
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D005006:Ethnicity; D005123:Eye / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D044465:White People