Estimation of Stature from Cephalo-facial Anthropometry in 800 Haryanvi Adults

Dept.of Anatomy, MM institute of Medical Sciences & Research Mullana (Ambala) Haryana. ABSTRACT: The study is aimed at modeling the stature on the basis of cephalo-facial dimensions. The study was conducted in Department of Anatomy, MM institute of medical sciences & research, Mullana (Ambala), on 800 Haryanvi adults comprising of 400 males and 400 females. Prior informed written consent was obtained from subjects. Inclusion and exclusion criteria for the study were predefined. The measurements were taken by using standard anthropometric instruments. The purpose of study was to access the head length, head breadth, horizontal circumference of head, facial length, bigonial diameter, stature and to find out the correlation of these parameters with stature. The results showed a statistically significant positive correlation between stature and all cephalo-facial measurements except for maximum head breadth which showed a insignificant correlation with stature in both sexes.