TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparison of palpebral fissure obliquity in three different racial groups
AU - Hanada, Andrea Lika
AU - De Souza, Elcio Nunes
AU - Moribe, Iracema
AU - Cruz, Antonio Augusto V.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Purpose: To compare the obliquity of the palpebral fissures of three different racial populations. Methods: Prospective observational study. Frontal views of the palpebral fissures of three different groups of subjects (Brazilian whites, Brazilian Japanese, and Brazilian Indians from the Upper Rio Negro Basin of the Amazonas State) were acquired with a photographic camera and transferred to a Macintosh computer. Using the National Institutes of Health Image software (NIH Image), the angle formed by the inner and the outer canthi was measured for all images. Results: The mean fissure angle of the Japanese (9.39 degrees) was not statistically different from the mean angle of the Indians (9.64 degrees). On the other hand, both were significantly greater than the mean angle of the whites (4.60 degrees). Conclusions: Marked fissure obliquity is found more frequently among Asians than among whites.
AB - Purpose: To compare the obliquity of the palpebral fissures of three different racial populations. Methods: Prospective observational study. Frontal views of the palpebral fissures of three different groups of subjects (Brazilian whites, Brazilian Japanese, and Brazilian Indians from the Upper Rio Negro Basin of the Amazonas State) were acquired with a photographic camera and transferred to a Macintosh computer. Using the National Institutes of Health Image software (NIH Image), the angle formed by the inner and the outer canthi was measured for all images. Results: The mean fissure angle of the Japanese (9.39 degrees) was not statistically different from the mean angle of the Indians (9.64 degrees). On the other hand, both were significantly greater than the mean angle of the whites (4.60 degrees). Conclusions: Marked fissure obliquity is found more frequently among Asians than among whites.
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U2 - 10.1097/00002341-200111000-00007
DO - 10.1097/00002341-200111000-00007
M3 - Article
C2 - 11766022
AN - SCOPUS:0035205270
SN - 0740-9303
VL - 17
SP - 423
EP - 426
JO - Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery
JF - Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery
IS - 6
ER -