Morphological characteristics of eyes of female Uygur youth: an anthropometric study

Abstract

Objective To study the morphological characteristics of eyes of female Uygur youth for providing the relevant data for eye aesthetic plastic surgery. Methods Compared with 150 cases of Han youth in the same school, the somatological survey was carried out in 150 female Uighur college students with the morphological characteristics of the eyes and good facial harmony. SPSS 17.0 was used for statistical analysis of the measured data in groups divided according to different race. Results 59.3% (89/150) of the Uighur young women had prominent brow ridges tall nose and superior orbit cave, 18.7% (28/150) of them were similar to the Han type of eye, and 22.0% (33/150) in between. The rate of epicanthus in Uighur women was 28.0% (42/150), which was significantly lower than the Han nationality women 62.7% (94/150). Double eyelid incidence was 96.7% (145/150), which was significantly higher than that of Chinese Han women 67.3% (101/150). There was a no statistically significant difference between them in palpebral fissure length inner canthic diameter and outer canthic diameter (P>0.05), but a statistically significant difference was found in the height of palpebral fissure, the width of double eyelid and the distance between the eyebrow eyelid (P<0.05). Conclusions The Uighur women's eye morphology has dual characteristics of Caucasoid and Mongoloid. The data have great significance and value in guiding the eye's cosmetic plastic surgery. Key words: The Uygur nationality; Female; Eye; Morphology; Anthropometry