Prediction of height from percutaneous tibial length amongst Oriya population

Estimation of Stature from Percutaneous Length of Ulna and Tibia in Medical Students of Nagaland

“…Also the scheduled castes population of Haryana [3] as well as Oriya population [15] though comparatively shorter in stature, their mean tibial lengths were longer than the present findings. In general, when we compared the findings of our study with the study done in India and abroad, it was deduced that Nagas of Nagaland have proportionately longer ulna length but shorter tibial length.…”

“…Maring tribe of Manipur [2], Scheduled caste female population of Haryana [3], Oriya population [15] and Burdwan population of West Bengal [16] were shorter than the present study population whereas Sri Lankan males [8], Turkish [10], Maharashtran population [14], Nigerian [17] and Kurdish females [19] were taller than the present group. Oriya population [15] shorter stature may be due to the inclusion of elderly age groups upto 80 years as study has shown reduction of stature after the age of 50 years [20] due to the degeneration of spine, loss of intervertebral tissue and loss of BMD.…”

“…= Standard Error of Estimate. [ Table 6] [2] 0.863 Bhavna & Nath S [5] 0.765 Mohanty NK [15] 0.951 0.939 Trivedi A et al [21] 0.434 0.601 Ilayperuma I et al [8] 0.66 0.76 Prasad A et al [14] 0.65 0.6 Duyar I et al [10] 0.601 0.802 Present study 0.692 0.787 0.740 0.843…”

“…The most prominent, palpable upper margin of the medial condyle and the tip of medial malleolus of tibia were marked with the skin marker and the distances between these two bony points were measured. [15] [ Figure 3]. Both PCUL and PCTL were measured on both sides using a non-stretchable measuring tape calibrated to 0.1cm.…”

“…Oriya population [15] shorter stature may be due to the inclusion of elderly age groups upto 80 years as study has shown reduction of stature after the age of 50 years [20] due to the degeneration of spine, loss of intervertebral tissue and loss of BMD.…”