Facial index of haryanvi adults and sexual dimorphism

Aim: The present study was conducted among Haryana descent individuals to gauge whether there is sexual dimorphism in its population on basis of facial index.
Settings & Design: The study was conducted in a tertiary health care centre and was cross-sectional.
Methods & Materials: Two hundred healthy volunteers were taken and their morphological facial length and facial breadth was measured. Facial index was then calculated.
Statistical analysis: SPSS version 20.0 was used to calculate p-value. The p-value <0.05 was considered significant.
Results: It was observed that the females of Haryana had a broad face (euriprosopic), while, the men had a very long face (hyperleptoprosopic).
Conclusion: It was concluded that the need to store cephalometric data based on sex was the need of the hour. The study emphasised that, the secular and demographic trends should also be incorporated within this database.