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An Estimation of Correlation between the Head length and the Stature of the Children aged between 6-10 Years

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Author Affiliations

  • 1J.K. Consultancy, Noida, UP, INDIA
  • 2 Institute of Forensic Science, Nagpur, MH, INDIA

Res. J. Forensic Sci., Volume 1, Issue (2), Pages 1-5, April,29 (2013)

Abstract

The present study was conducted on 100 (50 males & 50 females) school students belonging to Bulandshahr region in Uttar Pradesh, aged between 6-10 years. The objective of this study was to find whether there is any significant correlation between the stature of an individual and the head length (in case of boys and girls of age group 6-10 years). The subjects were selected irrespective of their caste, religion, dietary habits & socio-economic status. Students having significant growth disorders, deformities, bony anomalies were excluded to rule out any gross anomaly in reconstruction of stature. The maximum height observed in case of males was 51.9 cm and minimum height was 43 cm and in females the maximum height was 53 cm and 40.5 cm. These values were used to calculate the multiplication factors, which in turn can result in estimating the stature. The anthropometric measurements were then summarized as mean and standard deviation. Multiplication factors for both males and females were calculated. These multiplication factors were used to estimate stature of the individual. These factors are specific for a particular group of population. Correlation coefficients were calculated for both males and females. A positive correlation coefficient was obtained from these measurements. A positive correlation was observed between head length and height in age group 6 - 10 years with correlation coefficient of +0.16 in males and +0.61 in females.

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