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2021
Year :2021 Month : September-October Volume : 10 Issue : 4 Page : AO10 - AO13

Cephalic Index in Adult Jaunsari Tribe Population of Dehradun District of Uttarakhand- A Cross-sectional Study

Published: October 1, 2021 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2021/48499.2690
Correspondence Address :
Mohd Salahuddin Ansari, Mukesh Satish Singla, Rachna Pasi, Kumar Satish Ravi,
Dr. Kumar Satish Ravi,
Flat-3, 4th Floor, Faculty Residential Complex, AIIMS, Virbhadra Marg, Rishikesh,
Pashulok, Uttarakhand, India.
E-mail: drksravi.jipmer@gmail.com
Introduction: Introduction: Cephalic Index is an essential anthropometric index used to find out sexual and racial differences. Its knowledge is helpful in the diagnosis of patients and for medico-legal cases. This knowledge is also used to evaluate patients of various medical fields like paediatrics, craniofacial surgery, and medical investigations like imaging.

Aim: To study the parameters related to cephalic index of adult male and female population of Jaunsari Tribe of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand and to analyse the sex differences in these parameters.

Materials and Methods: It was a cross-sectional study, carried on 100 adult males and 100 adult females of more than 18 years of age, belonging to Jaunsari Tribe from March 2014 to April 2018. Head Length or Maximum Glabello-occipital Diameter (g-op) (mm) and Maximum Head breadth (eu-eu) were measured. With the help of these measurements, the cephalic index was calculated.

Results: Maximum number of Jaunsari males (83%) and females (45%) had dolichocephalic heads, and the second most common type of head was mesocephalic in both males (17%) and females (26%). There was not a single case of hyperdolichocephalic in males, whereas 17% of females were hyperdolichocephalic. It can also be seen that there was not a single case of even brachycephalic and hyperbrachycephalic in male population whereas the female population had 7% and 5% brachycephalic and hyperbrachycephalic cephalic index respectively and not a single person of ultrabrachycephalic type of cephalic index was reported in both male and female population. All cephalic parameters, as well as the cephalic index itself, were statistically significantly different (p-value <0.001) in the male and female population of the Jaunsari Tribe.

Conclusion: Maximum number of Jaunsari males and females had dolichocephalic heads. This data may be used as a standard for future reference for the Jaunsari population and may also be helpful for clinicians, forensic and anthropological experts.
 
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