Prediction of the Height of the Esan Ethnic Group of Nigeria, Using Armspan Length

This study was carried out to determine the average value for the stature, arm span and arm span stature ratio of the Esan ethnic group. It was also carried out to determine the correlation between the stature and arm span, and to establish a formulae for estimation of height using the armspan of the adult Esan ethnic group, as well as to determine if there are sexual dimorphism in these parameters. Six hundred subjects ( 600 Esan's) 300 males, 300 females(between the ages 18-50years), were used for this study. The location where this study was carried out were: College of Education Igueben, Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma, Auchi Polytechnic Auchi, Ekekhen Community, Uromi Community and New Benin City. The morphological measurements were stature (height) and arm span length.The mean and standard deviation of height of the males and females were 176.19±7.09 cm and 167.36±6.92cm. It was observed that the Esan males had a significantly higher height than the Esan females (p

Key Words: Arm span , Clinical,Esan, Stature