Pattern of Anthropometric Measurements in The Population of Rawalpindi

Objective: Estimation of Height from the various Anthropometric Measurements in Pakistanis. Design: Cross sectional, observational. Place and duration of study: Rawalpindi Medical College, Rawalpindi from June 2015 to August 2015. Subjects and methods: A data tool was designed and a group of 100 medical students of third-year MBBS were trained to collect the data. It comprised of measuring height, the length of the right arm, right hand and right middle finger. The data was cleaned on excel then analyzed on SPSS version 10. Results: A sample of above 20 years’ subjects n=500 subjects (females n=222and males n=278) were included in the study. The average body height among the male and female respondents was found to be 1.71 and. 1.61 meters respectively with combined average of 1.66 meters. The average Length of Right arm among the male and female respondents was found to be 72.43 and 70.05 Cm respectively with combined average of 71.37 Cm. The average Length of right hand among the male and female respondents was found to be 18.59 and 17.69 Cm respectively with combined average of 18.19 Cm. The average length of Right middle Finger among the male and female respondents was found to be 8.37 and 8.11 Cm respectively with combined average of 8.25 cm. All above for the aggregate study population. The cross-tabulation of variables right-hand length and stature showed the association to be of statistical significance as the p- value found was much greater than 0.05.