Anthropometric study of nasal index of Kalabari people of Rivers State

Abstract

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.