Anthropometric Measurements of Hypertensive Patients with Special Emphasis on Facial Features

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Anthropometric Measurements of Hypertensive Patients with Special Emphasis on Facial Features

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Context: Anthropometric measurements are being used profusely for various medicalresearches. Studies on craniofacial anthropometry have allowed for identification andquantification of syndromic clinical features, planning for treatment, monitoring ofoperative outcomes and sometimes assessment of longitudinal change.Considering that Anthropometry can be important tool in early suggestion of diseases, anattempt was made to study facial Anthropometry in healthy individuals andhypertensive subjects. Aim: The aim of the study was to compare the Anthropometric Measurements in hypertensivepatients and healthy control subjects. Settings and Design: The study was conducted in the Anthropometry section of Department of Anatomy, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (MGIMS) incollaboration with Department of Medicine. It was a cross-sectional, Observational study design incorporating a total of 100subjects. Methods and Material: Out of hundred registered for study, fifty were healthy controls and fifty patients in theage range of 34-50 years diagnosed to have hypertension from Sevagram village (a rural area in Vidharbha region of Maharshtra). The instruments used for study are Stadiometer, Digital weighing balance, Spreading Caliper, Vernier caliper and measuring tape and sphygmomanometer for measuring Blood Pressure. Various measurements were made pertaining to facial anthropometry andon the basis of the findings as per literature available, the indices calculated are Physiognomic Facial Index, Morphological Facial Index, Mandible Width- Face Height Index, Sagittal Naso-FacialIndex, Mandible-Face Width Index, Chervinïs Transverse Cephalo- Facial Index. Results: The indices thus obtained are compared for males and female’s separately. Most of the indices are non- significant except Mandible-Face Width Index in femalesand Physiognomic Facial Index and Morphological Facial Index in males. Conclusion: Facial Anthropometry was done on healthy and hypertensivesubjects. Though the data analysis have not concluded any change in facialanthropometry in hypertensive subjects with affirmation but the data obtained forcontrol subjects in Central Indian Population can further be utilised byAnthropometrics, , Anatomists, Forensic Experts and Plastic surgeons too.

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