title: Comparison of vaginal shapes in Afro-American, caucasian and hispanic women as seen with vinyl polysiloxane casting.
abstract: Full vinyl polysiloxane casts of the vagina were obtained from 23 Afro-American, 39 Caucasian and 15 Hispanic women in lying, sitting and standing positions. A new shape, the pumpkin seed, was found in 40% of Afro-American women, but not in Caucasians or Hispanics. Analyses of cast and introital measurements revealed: (1) posterior cast length is significantly longer, anterior cast length is significantly shorter and cast width is significantly larger in Hispanics than in the other two groups and (2) the Caucasian introitus is significantly greater than that of the Afro-American subject.
authors.affiliation: Women's Health Research Group, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Pendergrass
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Reeves
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Belovicz
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Molter
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D044383:Black People; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D010298:Parity; D011145:Polyvinyls; D012833:Siloxanes; D014621:Vagina / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D011145:Polyvinyls; D012833:Siloxanes; C034183:vinyl polysiloxane