Table 1 Description of anthropometric measurements of face employed in the study (taken directly on the face of participants using spreading and sliding callipers).
Anthropometric measurements of face | Abbreviations used in the present study | Description | References |
|---|---|---|---|
Minimum frontal width (frontotemporalia-frontotemporalia) | Ft-Ft | Distance between the right frontotemporal to left frontotemporal landmark, present on the lateral sides of forehead. | |
Maximum facial width (zygion-zygion) | Zy-Zy | Distance between the left and right zygion, landmark present on the tip of check bone. | |
Mandibular width (gonion-gonion) | Go-Go | Straight distance between the left gonion landmark, present on the tip of the jaw angle in both sides of the face. | |
Inner-canthal distance (inner canthi-inner canthi) | Ic-Ic | Straight distance from left inner canthi to right inner canthi, landmark present at the inner corner of eye | |
Outer –canthal distance (outer canthi- outer canthi) | Oc-Oc | Straight distance from left outer canthi to right outer canthi, landmark present at the outer corner of eye | Hall et al.25, Singh & Bhasin26 |
Nasal width (alare- alare) | Al-Al | Straight distance between the left alare and right alare, landmark present at the bottom-lateral sides of nose | |
Intercommissural distance (cheilion-cheilion) | Ch-Ch | Straight distance between the left cheilion and right cheilion, landmark present at the each pointed edge of lips | |
Interpupillary distance (pupil-pupil) | Pu-Pu | Straight distance from left eye Pupil to eight eye pupils. |
