Cormic Index Profile and its Correlation with Anthropometric variables like Stature, Sitting height, Lower limb length and Thigh length among Tribal Sickle Cell Disease patients in Jagdalpur, Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Dr Bithika Nel Kumar; Dr Vinay Kumar Kachhap; Dr Manik Chatterjee

Volume : X, Issue : VI, June - 2020

Cormic Index Profile and its Correlation with Anthropometric variables like Stature, Sitting height, Lower limb length and Thigh length among Tribal Sickle Cell Disease patients in Jagdalpur, Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Dr Bithika Nel Kumar, Dr Vinay Kumar Kachhap, Dr Manik Chatterjee

Abstract :

Sickle cell disease which is known to have negative effect on linear growth this would affect the proportional growth as well, therefore studying the Cormic Index profile in Tribal population. This is an observational case control study of 276 subjects, aged 5yrs to 30yrs to determine the Cormic Index among tribal sickle cell disease patients of Bastar division of Chhattisgarh, India and correlation of Cormic Index with anthropomertric variables like Stature, Sitting height, Lower limb length and Thigh length. The overall mean Cormic Index of male cases(MP) and controls(MN); female cases(FP) and controls (FN)of different age groups were similar respectively. On comparison of cases with controls of subjects in the age groups among males and females, it was found to be statistically non significant. The correlation analysis was statistically significant showing moderately high inverse correlation of Cormic Index with lower limb length and thigh length in male cases; inverse correlation with Stature, moderately significant inverse correlation with stature in male cases among 5+ to 14+ yrs and in both cases and controls among females 20+ to 30 yrs age group and moderately high positive correlation with Sitting height in 15+ to 20+ yrs & 20+ to 30yrs age group. We conclude that the correlation between the Cormic Index and anthropometric variables were found to be significant in both cases and controls, a pattern was seen in males.