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Year :2019
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Month :
July-August
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Volume :
8
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Issue :
3
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Page :
AO22 - AO24
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Stature Estimation from Head Length and Breadth by Regression Analysis in Madhya Pradesh Population
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Correspondence Address :
Anjali Krishna Prasad, Monali Prakash Hiwarkar, Abhishek Kumar, Onjal Kamlakar Taywade,
Dr. Monali Prakash Hiwarkar,
Flat. No. 605, D, Grace, Cosmos City, Bicholi Mardana, Indore-452016, Madhya Pradesh, India.
E-mail: monali.hiwarkar@gmail.com
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Introduction: Introduction: Growth is the vital process which is recorded by measuring the stature of a person, i.e., a sum of length of certain long bones and appendages of the body. There is a definite and proportional biological relationship of stature with all body parts and this relationship helps to calculate stature from dismembered and mutilated body parts in forensic examination.
Aim: To estimate stature from Head Length (HL) and Head Breadth (HB) in living and to derive the correlation and regression formulae between them.
Materials and Methods: The present study comprised of total 300 (187F and 113M) young and healthy students in the age range 18-25 years, of different courses of first year at Index Medical College, Indore , Madhya Pradesh, India. The subjects were studied for the following parameters: Height Vertex, Maximum HL and Maximum HB. The measurements were tabulated and statistically analysed.
Results: Mean height in males were 171.33±6.89 and that in females were 157.34±5.31. Mean HL and HB in males was 18.19±0.81, 13.48±0.79 and that in females it was 17.05± 0.66, 12.81±0.67. Pearson’s correlation coefficient was significant for HL and HB in female subjects and HL in male subjects whereas it is not significant for HB in male subjects.
Conclusion: Definite proportion exists between the stature and HL and HB in all individuals.
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