Anthropometric study of nasal index of Kalabari people of Rivers State

The anthropometric study of the nasal index of the Kalabari people of Rivers state was carried out on five hundred and ten native respondents. Two hundred and fifty six were females while two hundred and fifty four were males. Measurements of the length and width of the nose were taken using a sliding caliper and the nasal index calculated. Other parameters like age and sex were also used to correlate the measurements of the nasal index as well as evaluating the proportional relationship and the degree of the variability found among the males and females. The data collected was statistically analyzed and the results show that on the average, the mean nasal index of the Kalabari people is 94.10±1.18, confirming that kalabari people have platyrrhine nose type. Key words: Nasal index, kalabari people

A Comparative Study On The Cephalic Indices Of Normal Growing Children And Children With Sickle Cell Anaemia In Port Harcourt

A comparative study on cephalic index was carried out on 50 patients, 28 males and 32 females homozygous for sickle cell anaemia, who attended the sickle cell clinic at the University of Port TeachingHospital between the age ranges of 3-18 years. The same was also done for 250 normal growing children 131 males and 119 females between ages 3-18 years who are pupils of schools within at the University of Port Harcourt as well as First International Academy, Rumuokoro, Port Harcourt. The Head Length (Greatest anteroposterior diameter) was measured with the help of spreading calliper, from glabella to inion. The Headbreadth was measured as the maximum transverse diameter between two fixed points. The results showed amean cephalic index value of 79.8±4.3 for the normal growing children while that for male sickle cell children was 77.1±3.7 which is significant (