?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Craniofacial+anthropometric+norms+of+Malaysian+Indians&rft.creator=Ngeow%2C+Dr.+W.C.&rft.creator=Aljunid%2C+S.T.&rft.subject=JOURNALS&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Objective%3A+This+study+was+done+to+establish+the+craniofacial+anthropometric+norms+of+the+young+adult+(18-25+years)+Malaysian+Indian.+Materials+and+Methods%3A+The+study+group+consisted+of+convenient+samples+of+100+healthy+volunteers%2C+with+equal+number+of+female+and+male+subjects+who+had+no+history+of+mixed+racial-parentage.+Twenty-two+linear+measurements+were+taken+twice+from+28+landmarks+over+six+craniofacial+regions.+The+methodology+and+evaluation+of+indices+of+the+craniofacial+region+was+adapted+from+Hajnis+et+al.+Results%3A+The+minimum+measurements+are+always+contributed+by+the+female+Indian+except+for+the+nose+height+(n-sn)%2C+(left)+eye+fissure+length+(ex-en)%2C+upper+vermillion+height+(ls-sto)%2C+and+lower+vermillion+height+(sto-li).+There+is+a+gender+difference+in+all+the+measurements+except+the+(left)+eye+fissure+height+(independent+t-test%3B+P+%7B%5Censuremath%7B%3C%7D%7D+0.05).+The+Malaysian+Indians+exhibit+some+North+American+White+Caucasian+(NAWC)+features+in+all+regions.+The+cephalic+index+indicates+a+brachycephalic+or+relatively+short+wide+head+with+a+tendency+towards+mesocephaly.+From+the+low+nasal+index%2C+the+Malaysian+Indian+female+have+a+nose+that+is+narrow+or+leptorrhin+similar+to+the+NAWCs.+The+lower+value+of+the+upper+lip+height+to+mouth+width+index+in+the+Indian+female+indicates+a+relatively+shorter+upper+lip+height+compared+to+the+mouth+width%2C+also+similar+to+the+NAWC.+Conclusion%3A+This+study+establishes+the+craniofacial+anthropometric+norms+of+the+Malaysian+Indian+over+22+parameters.+Male+in+general+has+a+significantly+higher+measurement+than+female.+The+Malaysian+Indians+do+exhibit+some+NAWC+features.&rft.date=2009-07&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8187%2F1%2FCraniofacial%2520anthropometric%2520norms%2520of%2520Malaysian%2520Indians.pdf&rft.identifier=++Ngeow%2C+Dr.+W.C.+and+Aljunid%2C+S.T.++(2009)+Craniofacial+anthropometric+norms+of+Malaysian+Indians.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8187%2F