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A Comparative Study: Discrepancies of an Upper and Lower Facial Index Between Gurkha and Kumauni Species of the Hilly Region of Uttarakhand India

Nidhi Sharma and Sdakat Ali
Page: 162-170 | Received 02 Oct 2023, Accepted 19 Jan 2024, Published online: 25 Oct 2023

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Abstract

The individual evaluation of a person’s ethnicity and identification is the key function of medical anthropometry. The aim of this study is to examine any variations in upper and lower facial parameters or facial index between the Gurkha and Kumauni ethnic species in the Indian state of Uttarakhand region of India. This study was conducted from 2019 to 2022 over two years. Two hundred subjects, fifty males and fifty females from each ethnic group of Garhwali and Kumauni, born and grown in the hilly region of Uttarakhand, aged between 20 years and older up to 35 years old, get chosen during this period. By this age, skeletal growth by ossification of mostly facial bones is complete. Subjects from Shri Guru Ram Rai University and some subjects from their remote areas were selected at random for the study samples. Informed agreement was used. Present study based computer‐based programmers/SPSS software 24.0 version to generate the mean, median, standard deviation, p‐values and regression test that were used to compare measurements for different parameters. According to the findings of the ANOVA/regression test applied. The facial index is a very crucial factor in identifying ethnic differences in a certain geographic area. All of the studies that evaluated face metrics showed a clear sexual dimorphism. The p‐value in both ethnic groups of present study was less than 0.05, which shows that the correlation is substantially higher than the threshold value. It means that the results are statistically significant for both ethnic groups. Mesoprosopic (round) faces were more common among Kumauni communities, followed by Euryprosopic (broad) faces in the Gurkha ethnic group. On the basis of this study the conclusion is drawn that a person’s identification and ethnicity might be determined on the basis of their facial index. Additionally, our data might serve as a starting point for future investigations into the identification of a person from Uttarakhand.

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Nidhi Sharma and Sdakat Ali. A Comparative Study: Discrepancies of an Upper and Lower Facial Index Between Gurkha and Kumauni Species of the Hilly Region of Uttarakhand India.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218/makrjms.2023.12.162.170
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