Observational studyJNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association2025
Anthropometric Study of the Human Ear Among Patients Visiting People's Dental College and Hospital: An Observational Study.
Observational study in JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Diagnostic Accuracy of Auricular Morphometry in Sex Estimation: A Logistic Regression Model with ROC-Based Validation.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Introduction: Anthropometric measurements of the external ear provide valuable normative data for applications in clinical practice, reconstructive surgery, forensics, and ergonomics. As ear morphology varies by population, sex, and age, population-specific reference data are essential. This study aimed to determine the normal dimensions of the outer ear among adult patients. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from 8th to 28th September 2025 among 157 adult patients (82 males and 75 females) visiting the hospital with normal external ears. Standardized auricular measurements, including auricular height, auricular width, lobular height, and lobular width, were obtained bilaterally using a digital vernier caliper following established anthropometric landmarks. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics to calculate the mean and standard deviation. Results: The mean right and left auricular heights were 63.38 ± 6.19 mm and 63.13 ± 6.49 mm, respectively, while auricular widths were 33.81 ± 6.26 mm (right) and 33.82 ± 6.23 mm (left). Minimal bilateral asymmetry was observed. Males exhibited greater auricular height and width, whereas females showed marginally larger lobular dimensions. Lobular height demonstrated greater variability than width across both sexes. Conclusion: The study revealed strong bilateral symmetry in external ear measurements, with clear sexual dimorphism-males having larger auricular dimensions and females slightly larger lobules. This finding provide baseline data for Nepalese adults and hold relevance in forensic identification, prosthetic design, and reconstructive surgery. Further large-scale, multiethnic studies are recommended to validate and expand upon these findings.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.