ABSTRACT PROCEEDING

Year : 2017  |  Volume : 22  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 129

Anthropometric measurements of hypertensive patients with special emphasis on facial features

R Bhongle, Pradeep Bokariya, R Kothari, J Jain, MR Shende
Department of Anatomy, Mahatama Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Wardha, Maharashtra, India

Correspondence Address:
Pradeep Bokariya
Department of Anatomy, Mahatama Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Wardha, Maharashtra
India

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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Context: Anthropometric measurements are used eventually for various medical researches. Anthropometry is a science which is the study of size and shape of biological components and their variations in populations. Studies on craniofacial anthropometry have allowed for identification and quantification of syndromic clinical features, planning for treatment, monitoring of operative outcomes and sometimes assessment of longitudinal change. Considering Anthropometry can be important tool in early suggestion of diseases, an attempt was made to study facial Anthropometry in healthy individuals and hypertensive subjects. Aims: The aim of the study was to compare the Anthropometric Measurements in patients of hypertension and healthy control subjects. Settings and Design: The study was conducted in the Anthropometry section of Department of Anatomy, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (MGIMS) in collaboration with Department of Medicine of the same institute. It was a cross-sectional, Observational study design incorporating a total of 100 subjects. Materials and Methods: Out of 100, fifty were healthy controls and fifty patients in the age range of 35-50 years diagnosed to have hypertension from Sevagram village. The instruments used for study are Stadiometer, Digital weighing balance, Spreading Calliper, Vernier calliper and measuring tape and sphygmomanometer for measuring Blood Pressure. The various measurements were made pertaining to facial anthropometry and on the basis of the findings, the indices calculated are Physiognomic Facial Index, Morphological Facial Index, Mandible Width-Face Height Index, Sagittal Naso-Facial Index, Mandible-Face Width Index, Chervind's Transverse Cephalo-Facial Index. Statistical Analysis Used: We employed Chi-square test for comparison of indices evaluated. Results: The indices thus obtained are compared for males and females separately. Most of the indices are non-significant except Mandible-Face Width Index in females and Physiognomic Facial Index and Morphological Facial Index in males. Conclusions: Though the data analysis have not concluded any change in facial anthropometry in hypertensive subjects with affirmation but the data obtained for control subjects in Central Indian Population can further be utilised by Anthropometrics, Forensic Experts, Anatomists and Plastic surgeons too.

Keywords: Anthropometry, facial anthropometry, hypertensive patients