title: Craniofacial characteristics of Croatian and Syrian populations.
abstract: Craniofacial area is apart of the human body which undergoes the greatest changes during development and is characterized by uneven growth. External and internal factors affect the growth and development of craniofacial structures. They are responsible for the occurrence of specific craniofacial characteristics in different races or populations within the same race. The present study investigates the possible differences of the basic head and face shapes between the Croatian and Syrian populations. The sample included 400 subjects of both sexes aged 18-24 years and was divided into a Croatian and a Syrian group with 200 subjects each. Six variables defined according to Martin and Saller were measured by standard anthropometric instruments. The results of the study demonstrated statistically significant differences between our subjects in all variables except face width. The dolichocephalic head type and the mesoprosopic face type were predominant in the Croatian population, while the brachycephalic head type and the euryprosopic face type dominated in the Syrian population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia. dgrbesa@mef.hr
authors.forename: Durdica
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grbesa
authors.forename: Ruzica
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pezerović-Panijan
authors.forename: Mohamed Nadim
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Kalaya
authors.forename: Irma
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gorsić
authors.forename: Anamarija
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cavcić
authors.forename: Nikolino
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zura
authors.forename: Behija
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Berberović
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002508:Cephalometry; D017523:Croatia; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D006257:Head / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013593:Syria