PREDICTION OF HEIGHT BY HEAD LENGTH IN THE POPULATION OF MALWA REGION OF CENTRAL INDIA

Dr. Rajendra Singh Marko; Dr. Aprajita Awasthi; Dr. Massarat Jehan

Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2018

PREDICTION OF HEIGHT BY HEAD LENGTH IN THE POPULATION OF MALWA REGION OF CENTRAL INDIA

Dr. Rajendra Singh Marko, Dr. Aprajita Awasthi, Dr. Massarat Jehan

Abstract :

There is a well-known correlation between the height of the person and various parts of the body like head, trunk and lengths of extremities which has been used to compare and highlight variations between different ethnic groups. The height and head length of the 200 medical students (100 males and 100 females) at Indore, India was measured. Regression analysis was done to produce correlation coefficient and regression equation for height. The mean height for males was 172�0.54 cm (mean�SEM) while 157�0.49 cm for females while mean head length (HL) for males was 18.4�0.07 cm and was 17.1�0.07 cm for females. Male and female were statistically similar for age, although height and head length both were statistically different (height = p<0.0001, HL = p<0.0001). Linear regression analysis of height for head length shown that correlation coefficient for males was r=0.159 while r=0.516 for females. Correlation for both males and females were highly significant (p<0.0001). The regression equation of height for HL in males was �Height = 149.65+1.19(HL)� and �Height = 96.31+3.59(HL)� for females.