Sexual dimorphism in human midfacial growth patterns from newborn to 5 years old based on computed tomography.
computed tomography
facial skeleton
human ontogeny
midfacial growth patterns
sex differences
sexual dimorphism
Journal
Journal of anatomy
ISSN: 1469-7580
Titre abrégé: J Anat
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0137162
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 2023
02 2023
Historique:
revised:
20
09
2022
received:
26
05
2022
accepted:
21
09
2022
pmc-release:
08
10
2024
pubmed:
9
10
2022
medline:
28
1
2023
entrez:
8
10
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Recent studies have supported the presence and varying nature of craniofacial sexual dimorphism (SD) from the very first stages of ontogeny. But the exact patterns of between-sex differences during the first years of life remain obscure despite the importance of these data for craniofacial surgery treatment and forensic studies. Our study employs a large dataset of clinical computed tomography scans of individuals of East Slavonic descent from birth to 5 years of age (247 males and 184 females) to address the pattern of age-related between-sex differences in 22 linear measurements of the mid-face. At birth, SD of most dimensions is low, but it increases significantly during the first year of life. The level of SD of most variables fluctuates in both directions during the second year and peaks during the third and fourth years of life. During the sixth year, SD of about half of the variables markedly decreases. In adults, SD of all variables increases, but to a very different extent: from 2% to 13%. Most sexually dimorphic features of the facial skeleton begin to develop early in postnatal ontogeny and then may or may not become accentuated during puberty. Importantly, the patterns of age changes in the level of SD differ strongly between various dimensions, and so cannot be expressed by a single value for the whole face. Additionally, the level of SD for a particular variable is not ontogenetically stable during the first years of life.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36208113
doi: 10.1111/joa.13776
pmc: PMC9877485
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
132-145Informations de copyright
© 2022 Anatomical Society.
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