Original Research Article http://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijcap.2019.051 Indian Journal of Clinical Anatomy and Physiology, April-June, 2019;6(2):229-232 229 To study the correlation between stature and facial parameters of human adults in North Indian population Neha Yadav 1* , Vasundhara Kulshreshtha 2 , Shikky Garg 3 , Anjali Gupta 4 , Sarvesh Awasthi 5 1 Junior Resident, 2 Professor and HOD, 3 Associate Professor, 4,5 Assistant Professor, 1-4 Dept. of Anatomy, 5 Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, S.N. Medical Collage, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India *Corresponding Author: Neha Yadav Email: neha681990@gmail.com Received: 23 th June, 2018 Accepted: 24 th May, 2019 Abstract Introduction: Stature is defined as natural height of human being in standing position. Each and every part are related with each other i.e. face, trunk, head and extremities. Stature estimation is important parameter when human remain such as mutilated body or facial remain of skull is brought for medicolegal examination for person’s identity. This correlation will also be helpful in anthropological and geographical research. Our study aimed to determine the stature from facial parameters that were morphological facial length, upper facial length, and lower facial length. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in department of Anatomy, SN Medical College, Agra, on 300 medical students aged between 18yrs to 25yrs out of which 164 are males & 136 are females. Stature of person was measured by anthropometric rod & morphological facial length, upper facial length and lower facial length were measured by digital Vernier caliper. The mean, standard deviation, regression equation, were calculated. Result: We observed correlation between stature &facial parameter and developed regression equation for it. The morphological facial length, upper facial length and lower facial length was found to be significantly higher in males compared to females. Keywords: Stature, Morphological facial length, Upper facial length, Lower facial length, Digital vernier calliper, Anthropometric rod. Introduction The stature or height of person is one of the important factors to determine the physical identity of individual. Stature is biologically related with each & every part of body i.e. length of head, hand measurements, long bone length as limbs. This relationship helps a forensic expert to calculate stature from human body remains brought to him during investigation. When a complete dead body is found, stature determination is rather an easy task but in case when only some part of body was found, difficulty is encountered in estimation of stature. For medicolegal purpose especially in the identification of individual anthropometry has been used. Anthropometry also help in finding out of a person in any accidental case like road traffic accident, earth quack, burn, natural disaster, plane crash etc. An important phenomenon occurring in human population is the variation in their physical morphology. Anatomy of the facial shape is one of the main characteristics by which human present themselves to the external world. Ecological, geographical, racial, age and gender factors affect the physical dimension of human body (Omotoso DR). 1 One of the important parts of anthropometry is cephalometry in which the dimensions of head and face are measured. Cephalometric results are used in forensic medicine, plastic surgery, oral surgery, paediatrics, dentistry and diagnostic knowledge between patient and normal population . There were large number of studies have been done on estimation of stature from measurements of various body parts including length of head, hand measurement, vertebral column length, long bone length, maxillofacial anthropometry (Wankhede et al 2012). 2 So, the present study is on attempt to determine stature from morphological facial length in North Indian population. Materials and Methods The study was conducted on 300 medical students out of which 164 are males & 136 are females, age group between 18yrs to 25yrs. of S.N medical college, Agra from North India. The medical students were healthy and without any cranial & facial deformities. Detailed medical history was taken & clinical examination of all students was conducted to rule out significant disease or deformity that could had affected the general or bony growth. Inclusion Criteria 1. The medical students were apparently healthy and without any craniofacial deformity like, retrognathia, micrognathia, inflammation of face, traumatic injuries, deformities and surgery. 2. The medical students of age group between 18yrs to 25yrs were included in our study. As completion of skeleton growth occur by this year of age. 3. The medical students were taken from only one endogamous group i.e. North Indian medical students. Anthropometric Methodology The stature & facial measurements of each subject were taken by using Vernier caliper & anthropometric rod in centimetre. The measurement includes: Stature It was measured as vertical distance from the vertex to the floor & was measured using the stadiometer to the nearest 0.1cm with students standing erect bare feet against stadiometer. Their buttocks & upper part of back in contact