Height estimation from head dimensions in South-South Nigeria

Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences

Table 2 Result of simple regression analysis between the height and head circumference in all the ethnic groups

Ethnicity	Group	R	R²	p value	SEE^a	Intercept	Slope
Bekwara	Combined	0.48	0.23	0.001	6.21	56.74	1.97
	Male	0.55	0.30	0.001	6.04	39.62	2.31
	Female	0.27	0.07	0.001	5.95	106.13	1.03
Esan	Combined	0.50	0.25	0.001	7.19	60.13	1.95
	Male	0.38	0.14	0.001	6.84	92.50	1.43
	Female	0.19*	0.04	0.055	5.49	131.05	0.57
Kalabari	Combined	0.47	0.22	0.001	6.04	83.67	1.52
	Male	0.41	0.17	0.001	5.68	74.47	1.74
	Female	0.36	0.13	0.001	4.63	123.13	0.74
Ogbia	Combined	0.44	0.19	0.001	4.81	110.19	1.04
	Male	0.35	0.12	0.001	4.58	80.64	1.60
	Female	0.44	0.19	0.001	4.10	127.70	0.68
Urhobo	Combined	0.52	0.27	0.001	7.25	64.98	1.88
	Male	0.29	0.09	0.002	7.11	103.18	1.24
	Female	0.23*	0.02	0.176	5.65	141.82	1.24