Table 5. Sutural morphology of the pterion in diverse ethnic groups.
Study | Ethnicity | Sphenoparietal (%) | Frontotemporal (%) | Stellate (%) | Epipteric (%) |
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Murphy (1956) [3] | Australian | 73.2 | 7.7 | 0.7 | 18.3 |
Oguz et al. (2004) [18] | Turkish | 88 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
Ilknur et al. (2009) [20] | Anatolian | 89.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
Apinhasmit et al. (2011) [13] | Thailand | 81.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 17.4 |
Adejuwon et al. (2013) [12] | Nigerian | 86.1 | 8.3 | 5.6 | 0 |
Present study | Indian | 83 | 10 | 1 | 6 |