Research Article

Indian Craniometric Variability and Affinities

Table 6

Count of measurements for which males are statistically significantly larger than females in Indian series.

ā€‰Sexual dimorphismā€‰
SeriesUniversalaUniversal if well sampledbTypical if well sampledcWeakdUncleareTotal for 47 measurements

Konkani6250013/47 (27.7%)
Urdu6230011/47 (23.4%)
Malayalam6710014/47 (29.8%)
Tulu61691032/47 (68.1%)
Telugu616123037/47 (78.7%)
Haryanavi61651028/47 (59.6%)
Punjabi61672031/47 (66.0%)
Kannada616103035/47 (74.5%)
Tamil616113036/47 (76.6%)
Hindi616125039/47 (83.0%)

BBH, AUB, MDH, ZYB, JUB, and OBB (males significantly larger in every series).
bGOL, XCB, NOL, ASB, OCF, MDB, BNL, NPH, FMB, GLS, EKB, NLH, NLB, WCB, XML, and WMH (males significantly larger in every series with at least 30 males).
cPAC, STB, XFB, FRC, FRF, BPL, SOS, ZMB, NDS, SIS, MLS, MAB, and IML (males significantly larger in 5 to 6 series with at least 30 males).
dPAS, PAF, OCC, OCS, NAS, DKB, DKS, and SSS (males significantly larger in just 1 to 4 series with at least 30 males).
eFRS, FOL, OBH, and WNB (males not significantly larger in any series).