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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1378</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>SEXUAL DIMORPHISM OF BICONDYLAR WIDTH OF FEMORA IN SOUTH INDIAN POPULATION&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Chandrasekaran</surname><given-names>Shanta</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Sudha</surname><given-names>R.</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>25</day><month>04</month><year>2013</year></pub-date><volume/><issue/><fpage>74</fpage><lpage>78</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Objectives: Aim of the study was to assess the values of bicondylar width of femora and to evaluate the sexual dimorphism. Methods: This analytical study was done in the department of anatomy from Vinayaka Missions Kirupananda Variyar Medical College, Annapoorana Medical College and Vinayaka Missions Homeopathy Medical College, Salem. All the dry adult femora of both sexes available in the above mentioned colleges were included and those which were damaged or having any pathological deformity were excluded from the study. Sex determination of all the femora were initially done by using distinct anatomical features. Maximum width between medial and lateral condyles of the femur was measured by using the vernier caliper and considered as bicondylar width. The mean values of the bicondylar width of both the sex were compared and demarking point was identified. The percentages, range, mean, standard deviation and p value were calculated using SPSS 15 (Statistical Package of Social Services) Results: The mean values of bicondylar width of male femora was 7.60 CM SD 0.38CM and female femora was 6.74 CM SD 0.34 CM. Male had higher value and it was statically significant (P__ampersandsignlt; 0.001) Conclusion: Bicondylar width of femora in males was greater than bicondylar width of femora in females.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Bicondylar width</kwd><kwd> Sexual dimorphism</kwd><kwd> Femur</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
