Nasofacial Forms among the Idoma Ethnic Group of Benue State, Nigeria
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 5
Abstract
Anthropometric measurement of parameters like Facial and nasal indices provides vital information which can be used in plastic surgery and understanding the diagnosis between patients and the normal population. This study was carried out to establish the facial and nasal indices in Idoma ethnic group of Benue state. Four hundred (400) subjects (200 male and 200 females) between the ages of 18-35yrs were used for this study. Facial measurement was done using a spreading caliper and nasal measurement was done using vernier caliper. Our result revealed that mean facial index for male and female of Idoma ethnic group was 96.94 ± 0.80 and 95.00 ± 0.87 respectively and t-Test result revealed that the difference was statistically significant at p>0.05. Furthermore, the mean nasal index for male and female subjects of Idoma ethnic group was 85.60 ± 1.15 and 84.62 ± 0.73 respectively and the difference was statistically significant (p>0.05). However, the mean nasal index for the Idoma ethnic group was 85.11 ± 1.70 whereas their mean facial index was 95.97 ± 1.83. Consequently, from the nasal and facial indices calculated, the Idoma ethnic group can be classified under platyrrhine nose type and hyperleptoprosopic face type respectively.This study will be useful to the bioanthropologist, forensic scientist and plastic surgeons.
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Oria, Rademene S.
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