MULTIPLE CORRELATIONS BETWEEN CRANIOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD: AN X-RAY STUDY

The method of multiple correlations was used to assess the interrelations between the main cephalometric characteristics of the face and the cranial base in 57 normal children ranging in age from 4 to 6 years. The results showed the extent to which the variability of the characteristics studied was...

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Published in:Anthropologie (Brno) 1997-01, Vol.35 (1), p.77-84
Main Authors: ŠMAHEL, ZBYNĚK, MÜLLEROVÁ, ŽIVA, ŠKVAŘILOVÁ, BOŽENA
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Childhood
Children
Contour lines
Correlation coefficients
Jaw
Mathematical independent variables
ORIGINALARBEITEN • ORIGINAL PAPERS • TRAVAUX ORIGINAUX
Parallel lines
Perpendicular lines
Skull base
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Summary:The method of multiple correlations was used to assess the interrelations between the main cephalometric characteristics of the face and the cranial base in 57 normal children ranging in age from 4 to 6 years. The results showed the extent to which the variability of the characteristics studied was determined by the variability of a combination of other facial parameters. Comparison with the results of an identical analysis performed on adult males showed that the results obtained with most models were in good agreement. Yet in adults we failed to determine a combination of characteristics which would prove useful for estimating the length of the anterior and posterior parts of the cranial base. The fact that this estimation was possible in children suggests a closer correlation between the size of the cranial base and certain facial parameters during childhood. Certain of the interrelations recorded were causal in character, and thus elucidated the cause of the given condition. Interrelations which could be used for anthropological reconstructions were expressed in terms of multiple linear regression equations, which allowed estimation of the parameter investigated apart from the other cranial characteristics. The definition of general and specific principles of intracranial relations and compensatory and adaptive processes operating within the skull would provide an opportunity to apply the results obtained to the reconstruction of missing parts of the skeletal remains of our human ancestors as well.
ISSN:0323-1119