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. 2017 Nov 1;7:14819. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-14829-4

Table 2.

A summary of key studies on the pretarsal skin height, eyebrow height and upper eyelid crease height of Asians in comparison to Caucasian and African American.

Authors Ethnic Pretarsal Skin Height (mm) Eyebrow Height (mm) Upper Eyelid Crease Height (mm)
Cartwright et al.20 Caucasian 1.6 (M) 2.8 (F) 6.4 (M) 7.6 (F) 6.9 (M) 7.3 (F)
Dharap & Reddy10 Malay 2.9 (M) 3.0 (F) 11.7 (M) 11.0 (F) 6.1 (M) 6.5 (F)
Sim, Smith & Chan4 Singapore Chinese 6.0 (F)
Park et al.7 Asian 12.4 (M) 12.0 (F) 6.6 (M) 6.5 (F)
Price et al.26 African American 3.1 (M) 3.6 (F) 18.9 (M) 21.7 (F) 7.2 (M) 7.7 (F)
Caucasian 2.0 (M) 3.3 (F) 14.1 (M) 20.7 (F) 6.2 (M) 7.5 (F)
Wu et al.11 Chinese Right
12.11 (M)12.53
(F)Left
12.22 (M) 12.50 (F)
Preechawai12 Chinese 4.0
Malay 6.6
Chen, Ma & Liao5 Chinese 2.4* 2.6 6.0* 6.1

M = Male, F = Female; *21–30 years old, 31–40 years old.