Nasofacial Anthropometric Study among University Students of Three Races in Malaysia

Table 2

Mean (±SD) of the facial length (FL), facial width (FW), nasal length (NL), and nasal width (NW) of male and female in two age groups.

Race	Anthropometric; variables	Age group 18-19 ()			Age group 20-21 ()			value
		Male; Mean (±SD)	Female; Mean (±SD)	value	Male; Mean (±SD)	Female; Mean (±SD)	value
Malay	FL	115.24 (±5.87)	106.63 (±3.96)	0.000	118.13 (±6.52)	107.39 (±4.38)	0.000	0.166
	FW	131.73 (±9.74)	115.06 (±4.70)	0.000	137.33 (±7.11)	121.94 (±7.06)	0.000	0.002
	NL	51.79 (±3.42)	45.79 (±2.75)	0.000	50.15 (±4.34)	45.61 (±3.28)	0.000	0.260
	NW	40.50 (±2.39)	36.36 (±1.96)	0.000	40.91 (±2.78)	38.09 (±3.20)	0.000	0.067
Chinese	FL	119.62 (±8.20)	110.10 (±5.32)	0.006	115.48 (±5.50)	111.19 (±6.53)	0.129	0.515
	FW	137.89 (±5.27)	128.46 (±9.60)	0.014	136.35 (±8.19)	131.90 (±11.39)	0.329	0.751
	NL	51.76 (±5.55)	45.68 (±4.22)	0.013	50.14 (±6.02)	47.29 (±3.06)	0.198	0.996
	NW	40.20 (±2.70)	36.60 (±1.90)	0.003	39.42 (±2.20)	37.48 (±3.29)	0.138	0.961
Indians	FL	118.08 (±6.70)	108.79 (±4.83)	0.002	119.15 (±6.89)	108.69 (±3.25)	0.000	0.832
	FW	131.17 (±7.63)	118.91 (±8.18)	0.003	127.38 (±9.39)	115.75 (±7.11)	0.006	0.278
	NL	51.32 (±3.44)	48.00 (±3.09)	0.036	51.36 (±4.25)	47.48 (±3.29)	0.035	0.849
	NW	39.58 (±1.61)	35.70 (±3.09)	0.002	40.13 (±3.65)	35.22 (±2.42)	0.002	0.978