Epidemiological Studies on the Human Facial Skeletal Components, especially on That of the External Nose

Abstract

Stature, body weight, maximum glabello-occipital length, maximum cephalic breadth, anatomical face length, face breadth, height of nose and length of nasal bone of 1166 men and women of age 50 to 69 years at a farm and a fishing village of northern Japan were measured in order to carry out a comparative study on the human facial cranial components, especially on external nose forms. These data were analyzed and discussed by the epidemiological procedures. The results follow : (1) Stature, maximum glabello-occipital length, anatomical face length, facial index of Kollman, height of nose, length of nasal bone, relative height of nose and ratio of nose height to stature are significantly larger for men of the fishing village than of the farm village, but maximum cephalic breadth, cephalic index and face breadth are significantly larger for the latter. (2) Stature, body weight, anatomical face length, facial, index of Kollman, height of nose, length of nasal bone, relative height of nose, relative length of nasal bone and ratio of nose height to stature are significantly larger for women of the fishing village than of the farm village, but maximum cephalic breadth, cephalic index and face breadth are significantly larger for the latter.