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Estimation of Stature from Cephalo-Facial Dimensions: A Cross Sectional Study in Central India
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Introduction: Highly decomposed, mutilated & dismembered body parts like skull or facial remains are often brought for the medico-legal examination. Under such circumstances, cephalo–facial parameters are crucial in establishing the identity of the deceased. Aim: Estimation of stature from cephalo-facial measurements like horizontal head circumference, morphological facial length and bigonial diameter and to derive regression formulae to estimate stature in central India population.To find coefficient of correlation between stature & different cephalo-facial measurements. Material and Methods: A cross sectional study comprised of total 300 healthy students (187 Females and 113 Males) in the age range 18–23 years were included. The subjects were studied for the parameters- height (stature), horizontal head circumference, morphological facial length, bigonial diameter. Results: The average stature of male & female were found to be 171.33 & 157.34 cm respectively with range of 149 to 193 in males & 144.6 to 171.2 in females. We found weak correlation between stature and cephalo-facial measurements in males as well as female subjects. Though the correlation was weak it was significant and higher in females as compared to males. Conclusion: This study suggests that stature could be estimated using cephalofacial measurements like horizontal head circumference, morphological facial length, bigonial length etc. The mean values for males were higher than those of females. However the correlation was weak and need to be validated on larger population.
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Introduction: Highly decomposed, mutilated & dismembered body parts like skull or facial remains are often brought for the medico-legal examination. Under such circumstances, cephalo–facial parameters are crucial in establishing the identity of the deceased. Aim: Estimation of stature from cephalo-facial measurements like horizontal head circumference, morphological facial length and bigonial diameter and to derive regression formulae to estimate stature in central India population.To find coefficient of correlation between stature & different cephalo-facial measurements. Material and Methods: A cross sectional study comprised of total 300 healthy students (187 Females and 113 Males) in the age range 18–23 years were included. The subjects were studied for the parameters- height (stature), horizontal head circumference, morphological facial length, bigonial diameter. Results: The average stature of male & female were found to be 171.33 & 157.34 cm respectively with range of 149 to 193 in males & 144.6 to 171.2 in females. We found weak correlation between stature and cephalo-facial measurements in males as well as female subjects. Though the correlation was weak it was significant and higher in females as compared to males. Conclusion: This study suggests that stature could be estimated using cephalofacial measurements like horizontal head circumference, morphological facial length, bigonial length etc. The mean values for males were higher than those of females. However the correlation was weak and need to be validated on larger population.
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This page is a summary of: Estimation of Stature from Cephalo-Facial Dimensions: A Cross Sectional Study in Central India, Indian Journal of Anatomy, January 2019, Red Flower Publication Private, Ltd.,
DOI: 10.21088/ija.2320.0022.8219.2.
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