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    A study on anthropometric breast measurements in the malay population in Malaysian women
    (2014)
    Shahlini, S. Umayaal
    Breasts have many anatomic variations with respect to volume, width, length, projection, density, composition, shape, and placement on the chest wall. Anthropometric measurements, which involve measuring distances between a set of anatomical landmarks and a geometric volume formula is known to be the ideal and one of the most accurate method of determining breast volume. Our main objective in this study was to evaluate and measure breast anthropometric measurements in the Malay female population and obtain a baseline of normal parameters of the breast and nipple-areolar complex among them. We also aimed to compare the difference in breast volume between the right and left breast of individuals within the study population, to study the relationship between the breast volume and the height and weight of individuals and to evaluate the variation in breast volume in regards to Body Mass Index. The study included 100 healthy 17-30 year old single nulliparous Malay females in Malaysia with “aesthetically perfect” breasts with a BMI between 17 - 24.9 kg/m2. A total of 22 parameters were measured in standing position. The parameters measured were body weight, height, shoulder width, upper chest width and circumference, middle chest width and circumference, lower chest width and circumference, waist width, clavicle-nipple length, sternal notch-nipple length, nipple-nipple length, upper arm length, acromium to midhumeral point of nipple, medial mammary radius, lateral mammary radius, nipple-inframammary fold length, nipple diameter, areola diameter, nipple projection, and mammary projection. Breast volumes were also evaluated Normal parameters were successfully obtained. The mean breast volume of right and left breast was determined to be 536.59± 339.21 cc and 553.38 ± 368.12 cc. There was no significant correlation between height and breast volume but a positive correlation between breast volume and weight .With the positive correlation between BMI and breast volume using a linear model and linear regression a formula is derived to calculate the expected breast volume of an individual solely on the BMI. The mean distance from the supra-sternal notch to the nipple on the right side and left side is 18.76 ± 2.44 cm and 18.85 ± 2.34 cm. and the mean difference between the nipples is 18.22 ± 2.25 cm, forming an equilateral triangle. The standard mammary projection is 4cm± 1.3cm. This study will help in planning both aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgery and make it possible to compare the anthropometric breast values of young Malay Malaysian women with those of women in other countries.