Table 2. Brain global size and morphology.

	Chinese Mean (SD)	Malay Mean (SD)	Indian Mean (SD)	F2,174	p-value
Global Size
Total Brain Volume, ×105 mm3	5.89 (0.51)	5.80 (0.46)	5.83 (0.56)	0.19	0.831
AC-PC Length, mm	20.36 (0.81)	20.16 (0.85)	20.07 (0.84)	1.12	0.327
Length, mm	115.35 (4.18)	114.32 (4.11)	115.45 (0.84)	1.65	0.195
Width, mm	95.49 (3.91)	95.33 (3.98)	94.45 (4.13)	0.40	0.672
Height, mm	89.07 (3.44)	89.26 (3.75)	87.79 (3.22)	1.89	0.154
Global Morphology
Length/Width	1.21 (0.05)	1.20 (0.04)	1.22 (0.06)	2.29	0.105
Length/Height	1.30 (0.06)	1.28 (0.06)	1.32 (0.06)	3.91	0.022 *
Height/Width	0.93 (0.05)	0.94 (0.05)	0.93 (0.05)	0.51	0.602

^*Post-hoc analysis revealed that the length to height ratio of the Malay neonatal brain was significantly smaller than that of Indian (p = 0.002).

Abbreviation: SD – standard deviation.