TY - JOUR AU - Bashir, Nuzhat AU - Hassan , Ashfaq ul AU - Patloo, Aijaz Ahmad PY - 2021/01/23 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Anthropometrical variations in cephalic index in Indian medical students and its relation with sex JF - Medico Research Chronicles JA - Med. res. chronicles VL - 8 IS - 1 SE - Original Research Article DO - 10.26838/MEDRECH.2021.8.1.475 UR - https://medrech.com/index.php/medrech/article/view/475 SP - 27-31 AB - Introduction: Cephalic index is useful anthropologically for deciding the race and sex of an individual as it is greatly affected by age, sex, geographical factors.Material and methods: In the present study, 90 medical students were taken as subjects and head length, head breadth, and cephalic index were measured. Aim: To study anthropometrical variations in the cephalic index in Indian medical students and its relation with sex.Results: Indian males had a mean cephalic index of 78.01 and they were mesocephalic and females had a mean cephalic index of 81.41and were brachycephalic.Conclusion: The data is important in forensic medicine, anthropology, genetics, and the identification of individuals. ER -