Rose Chinly Mae H. Ortega
Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, Philippines
Publications
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Research Article
Examination of Facial Shape Changes Associated with Cardiovascular Disease Using Geometric Morphometrics
Author(s): Rose Chinly Mae H. Ortega*, Christine Cherry E. Solon, Olive S. Aniez and Lucilyn L. Maratas
Facial investigations using geometric morphometrics has been used in many studies to affirm that a particular disease can attribute to an individual’s facial morphology. A landmark based geometric morphometric analysis was used in this study to asses if facial shape changes are associated with cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and if facial morphology of the CVD individuals differs from the normal ones. In the Municipality of Cantilan, Surigao del Sur, frontal face images taken from 32 cardiovascular disease patients and 32 normal individuals were examined using forty-one manually positioned landmarks. Result showed that facial morphology of the CVD group differs from non-CVD group. Procrustes ANOVA showed significant values for the individual symmetry and directional asymmetry. The analysis of structure by the Principal Components reveals particular variations and the scatter plot .. Read More»