Original Research Article
Year: 2017 | Month: Aug | Volume: 7 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 54-60
Somatometric Estimation of Stature Using Head Length and Height Measurements in Male and Female Youths from a Rural Population in Mangalore
Pramod KL1, Vaswani VR2, Khan F3
1Curator, 2Professor & Head, 3Post Graduate,
Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore.
Corresponding Author: Khan F
ABSTRACT
Studies done by earlier researchers have shown the importance of stature in the determination of race, age, and sex especially when disaster strikes. In countries like India which shows diversity not only in culture, religion but also in the physical appearance of Individuals which vary from state to state, makes it important to have age and sex specific stature estimation formulae. There is no study based on Mangalore population. The present study was an attempt to find out the stature of an individual from head length (Glabella to Opisthocranion) and head breadth (Euryon to Euryon) measurements and to derive regression formulae to estimate the height in the rural population (age 18-21 years) in Mangalore. It was found that for every unit increase in head length there was a 1.491 unit increase in stature in females and for every unit increase in head breadth there was 0.972 unit decrease in stature. In the males for every unit increase in head length there was a 3.36 unit increase in stature and for every unit increase in head breadth there was 0.962 unit decrease in stature
Key words:Glabella, Opisthocranion, Euryon, Stature