Established peculiarities of craniotype distribution and types of face in somatically healthy men depend on regional affiliation. In all regions of Ukraine, markedly greater brachycephaly percentage was found, indicating the trend towards brachycephalisation and prevalence of men with narrow and very narrow face, which confirms gracilisation. The study showed a small number of regional differences in the distribution of specific types of the skull and face, indicating that the population of Ukraine is very homogeneous in anthropological composition and none of the presented Ukrainian regional types is beyond anthropological type, common to people in general.
Heterogeneity by types of genodermatoses inheritance from the group of ichthyosis, which include virtually all possible variants, is the basis for the application of one of the genetic methods of human study - the method of dermatoglyphics. The purpose of the study is to determine the peculiarities of the quantitative indexes of finger and palmar dermatoglyphics in men and women with ichthyosis. Dermatological examination was performed in 49 patients with ichthyosis and 136 dermatologically healthy persons. The sample of patients was conducted randomly. All persons received informed consent for conducting observations. Fingerprint and palm prints are obtained by scanning fingerprints on paper by the Futronic's FS8 USB2.0 Fingerprint Scanner using the ftrScanApiEx.exe program, and then transferring data to a personal computer. Processing of dermatoglyphics data was carried out according to the method of Cummins H. and Midlo Ch. (1961). The quantitative indices of both finger and palmar dermatoglifics were determined. The calculation of the received results was carried out in the licensed software package “Statistica 5.5”. The average sample values (M) and dispersion (σ) were determined in the groups of the subjects surveyed. Using the Mann-Whitney U-test determined the probability of differences in the results obtained for individual groups. A certain complex of quantitative signs of palmar dermatoglyphics is revealed, which is characteristic for men suffering from ichthyosis, which includes indexes of the intensity of the comb formations, the value of the length of the segment c-t, the value of the palm corners and the Cummins index. In women suffering from ichthyosis, such a complex includes, as in men, indicators of the intensity of the combs and the length of the segment c-t, except for which - also the value of palm comb accounts. Given the specific lamellar form of ichthyosis, the dermatoglyphic picture (monomorphism of established signs on both hands: the presence of a single 4-finger flexural fold, a pattern in the III interdigital gap, low localization of the carpal angle atd, and the presence of the ulnar loop, complicated by the internal pattern on the III finger of the left and the IV the finger of the right hand brushes), the authors concluded that the study of ichthyosis should be carried out necessarily for each form of ichthyosis separately, which significantly increases the resolution of the method of dermatoglyphics.
Recently, while conducting scientific research in the field of theoretical and preventive medicine, biomedical preventive anthropology and statistical processing of their results, one of the leading places is the cluster analysis procedure, which involves the search for the patterns of grouping as research objects and their leading features in separate local plural and subset, that is, in separate clusters. Researches that provided for determining the leading characteristics of the quality of life and the peculiarities of the course of psychological adaptation processes based on the use of commonly accepted psychohygienic practices of personal questionnaires were conducted on the basis of educational institutions in Ivano-Frankivsk. Statistical analysis of the obtained data provided for the use of descriptive statistics and cluster analysis procedures using the licensed standardized application package of the multivariate statistical analysis “Statistica 6.1 for Windows” (license number ВXXR901E245722FA). The results of the conducted research indicate the existence of an extremely stable structure of the identified groups, among which in all investigated cases, it necessary to note the cluster associated with the leading indicators of quality of life, which united in its structure characteristics of quality of life on the scales Bodily Pain (BP, scale (Physical Functioning), Mental Health (MH, Mental Health Scale), General Health (GH, General Health Scale), Vitality (VT, Viability Scale), and Social Functioning (SF, scale of social functioning), neuro-psychical cluster combining personal and situational anxiety, depressive and asthenic states, as well as an integral cluster that included in its structure the characteristics of quality of life on the scale of Role-Emotional (RE, role-playing role scale) and Role-Physical (RP, scale of role-physical functioning) and indicators of subjective control in health and disease and neuroticism. The obtained data should further find a proper place in the structure of diagnostic and preventive approaches to assess the state of health and functional state of the body of pupils and students.
The increase in the prevalence and age of seborrhea, its significant impact on the psycho-emotional sphere, social status and social adaptation of patients determines the relevance of further study of the causes of dermatosis in the key of constitutional psychodermatology, namely – the study of relationships between oily skin and emotional impact of oily skin with anthropometric indicators. The aim of the study was to analyze the correlations between Oily Skin Self Assessment Scale (OSSAS) and Oily Skin Impact Scale (OSIS) in men and women with seborrheic dermatitis with body structure and size indicators. A survey of 40 men and 40 young women with generalized fatty seborrheic dermatitis done. The OSSAS and OSIS scoring system was used to assess the severity of oily skin and the emotional impact of oily skin in seborrheic dermatitis. Anthropometric survey was carried out according to the scheme of Bunak V. V. (1941). The mathematical scheme of Carter J. and Heath B. (1990) was used to evaluate the somatotype. Matiegka J. (1921) formulas were used to calculate body weight components. In addition, the muscle component of body weight was assessed by the American Nutrition Institute. Correlation analysis was performed in the license package "Statistica 6.0" using the non-parametric Spearman's method. As a result of the conducted researches multiple reliable and moderate unreliable correlations of OSSAS or OSIS with anthropo-somatotypological indicators of men and women of patients with generalized fatty form of seborrheic dermatitis of mild and severe course were established. The practical lack of similar correlations between OSIS and anthropo-somatotypological parameters in men and women with severe seborrheic dermatitis is noteworthy. Quantitative analysis of reliable and moderate unreliable correlations of OSSAS or OSIS with anthropo-somatotypological parameters in men and women with seborrheic dermatitis of mild and severe course showed that the vast majority of such correlations are inverse, and unreliable average correlations are often observed (except for OSSAS correlations with anthropo-somatotypological parameters in women with mild disease). It was also found that regardless of sex, most of the reliable or moderately unreliable correlations between OSSAS or OSIS and anthropo-somatotypological indicators are observed in the mild course of the disease. The obtained results of the correlation analysis expand the current understanding of the risk criteria and unfavorable prognosis of seborrheic dermatitis.
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