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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Phys Anthropol. 2017 Nov 27;165(2):327–342. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.23356

Table 4. Anatomical Shape Changes.

Shape changes across principal component axes. Descriptions correspond to Figure 4. for facial shape after removing variation related to age and size

Tanzanian Caucasian
PC Shape Change Across Principal Component Axis PC Shape Change Across Principal Component Axis
PC1 Facial Height, Facial Width, Interorbital Distance PC1 Facial Height, Facial Width, Philtrum Height, Chin Protrusion
PC2 Facial Height, Maxillary Prognathism, Facial Width PC2 Maxillary Prognathism, Chin Protrusion, Nasal Projection
PC3 Facial Width, Upper Facial Depth PC3 Retrognathia, Nasal Projection, Interorbital Distance
PC4 Facial Height, Maxillary Prognathism, Chin Protrusion PC4 Nasal Width, Philtrum Length, Maxillary Retrognathism
PC5 Facial Height, Nasal Tip Projection, Width of Mouth PC5 Nasal Tip Projection, Nasal Width, Philtrum Length and Width
PC6 Nasal Cavity Width, Maxillary Prognathism PC6 Facial Width, Facial Height, Zygomatic Projection
PC7 Width of Mouth, Facial Prognathism PC7 Nasal Width, Width of Mouth, Zygomatic Projection
PC8 Zygomatic Projection PC8 Facial Width, Zygomatic Projection, Interorbital Distance
PC9 Maxillary Prognathism, Upper Facial Height, Nostril Width PC9 Width of Mouth, Nasal Width, Retrognathia
PC10 Length of Chin, Nasion Positioning PC10 Maxillary Retrusion, Philtrum Width, Nasal Width