Buretić-Tomljanović Alena, Ostojić Sasa, Kapović Miljenko
Department of Biology and Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia.
Am J Hum Biol. 2006 Sep-Oct;18(5):668-75. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.20536.
A secular change of body height and neurocranial variables was registered in the Croatian population during the last century. We investigated the continuity of this process, and introduced facial measurements into the study. The results cover a 13-year period, from the birth of the subjects in 1974-1986, with a gap in the period from 1977-1981. The subjects were first-year students of the University of Rijeka School of Medicine, aged 19-21 years. Secular changes were evaluated by analysis of variance and multivariate regression analysis. A statistically significant decrease was found in head breadth, and an increase in morphological face height values, in both sexes. A significant increase of head circumference was observed in female students. The height and length of the head in both sexes displayed a slight but insignificant increase, while face breadth revealed no notable change during the investigated period. The results allow an assumption of a trend of cranial vault and face shape remodeling in our younger adult population toward a narrower vault and more elongated face, consistent with ongoing dolichocephalization. The correlation analysis revealed a low to moderate relationship of vertical and longitudinal craniofacial measures and body height, while partial correlation analysis showed facial height changes in our sample to be independent of cranial breadth changes.
上世纪克罗地亚人群的身高和颅骨变量出现了长期变化。我们研究了这一过程的连续性，并将面部测量纳入研究。研究结果涵盖了13年的时间段，即1974年至1986年出生的受试者，1977年至1981年期间存在间隔。受试者为里耶卡医学院的一年级学生，年龄在19至21岁之间。通过方差分析和多元回归分析评估长期变化。结果发现，男女的头宽均有统计学意义的下降，形态面高值增加。女学生的头围显著增加。男女的头高和头长均有轻微但不显著的增加，而面宽在研究期间无明显变化。这些结果表明，我们年轻成年人群的颅顶和面部形状有向更窄颅顶和更长脸重塑的趋势，这与正在进行的长头化一致。相关分析显示，垂直和纵向颅面测量与身高之间存在低到中度的关系，而偏相关分析表明，我们样本中的面部高度变化与颅宽变化无关。
