Abstract: Anthropometric measurements vary in different races, sex and age groups. Stature is one of the various parameters of identification. The objective of the present study was to correlate the head length and stature. The present study was conducted on 200 children from BEST residential school in Bellary. Height and head length were measured and Pearson correlation was used to see correlation. Head length and height are positively correlated among boys and girls and it is statistically highly significant. When both boys and girls were combined it also showed positive correlation which is statistically highly significant. This study shows that there is a strong association between height and head length. Simple regression equations generated from head length can be a supplementary approach for stature estimation when extremities are not available and will be useful for anatomists, archaeologists, anthropologists and forensic scientists.
Keyword: Stature; Height; Head Length; Anthropometry; Correlation.
Title: CORRELATION OF STATURE IN RELATION TO HEADLENGTH IN CHILDREN
Author: Dr. Vinitha G, Dr. Sampada P Kadadi, Dr. Mallikarjun M, Dr. Jayprakash B R
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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