____________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: suhhis@yahoo.com; Journal of Scientific Research & Reports 3(3): 437-444, 2014; Article no. JSRR.2014.005 SCIENCEDOMAIN international www.sciencedomain.org Anthropometric Comparison of Nasal Indices between Hausa and Yoruba Ethnic Groups in Nigeria I. Y. Anas 1* and M. S. Saleh 1 1 Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Bayero University Kano, PMB 3011, Kano State, Nigeria. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration between all authors. Author IYA designed the study, collected the data, wrote the protocol, and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Author MSS managed the statistical analyses and the literature searches of the study and all of us read and approved the final manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Received 22 nd March 2013 Accepted 31 st July 2013 Published 6 th December 2013 ABSTRACT Aims: To measure the nose of the Hausa and Yoruba ethnic groups in Nigeria and to compare same with other ethnic groups. The working hypothesis is that the two ethnic groups will have the same nose type since they share same environmental conditions. Study Design: This was a prospective study involving students from two schools in Kano, Nigeria. Place and Duration of Study: Goron Dutse Secondary School in Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State and Bayero University Kano, Nigeria. The study started from September 2005 to November 2008. Methodology: Five hundred and eighty two (582) subjects (both parents and 2 grandparents) purely Hausa or Yoruba, were randomly selected. They included 385 Hausa and 197 Yoruba ethnic groups. The nose height and breadth of each participant were measured in each subject using a sliding vernier caliper and the nasal index for each was calculated using the formula Nasal breadth/Nasal height X100. The data were analyzed using Minitab 16 software and Two-Sample T-Test was conducted to find out whether there is a statistically significant mean difference between sexes within a group and between same sexes between the two groups. The P value of .05 or less was Original Research Article