title: The distinguishing anthropometric features of the Saudi Arabian eyes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Identifying the peri-ocular anthropometric measurements characteristic of Saudi Arabian eyes.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective, cohort, hospital-based study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Measurements were made on 668 subjects (mean age 33.8 years; 58.7% female). The horizontal palpebral aperture was 30.1 ± 2.9 mm (mean ± SD), vertical palpebral aperture was 10.1 ± 0.85 mm, upper lid skin fold height was 3.6 ± 1.9 mm, upper lid crease height was 9.6 ± 0.8 mm, eyebrow height was 10.2 ± 2.7 mm, and intercanthal distance was 32 ± 2.7 mm. There was a statistically significant correlation between gender and eyebrow height (P = 0.001) and gender and horizontal palpebral aperture (P = 0.016), but no significant correlations were noted between any measurement and age.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Saudi Arabian eyes are unique in exhibiting a higher upper lid skin fold, higher lid crease.
authors: Ophthalmology Department, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, P.O. Box 80215, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
authors: Amal A
authors: AA
authors: Bukhari
keywords: Anthropometry; Peri-ocular measurements; Saudi Arabian eyes
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