Title
Anthropometrical measurements of external ear between normal and diabetic patients
Authors
Jaya Deshmukh1, Harsh Kumar Chawre2 & Pawan Kumar Sharma3,*
Affiliation
1Department of Anatomy, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India; 2Department of Anatomy, GMC DATIA, Madhya Pradesh, India; 3Department of Otolaryngology, Dr. Laxminarayan Pandey Government Medical College, Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, India; *Corresponding author
Jaya Deshmukh - E-mail: drjayadeshmukh1@gmail.com
Harsh Kumar Chawre - E-mail: chawreharsh@gmail.com
Pawan Kumar Sharma - E-mail: pawansharmaent@gmail.com
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received April 1, 2026; Revised April 30, 2026; Accepted April 30, 2026, Published April 30, 2026
Abstract
Although external ear anthropometry is a cornerstone of forensic and reconstructive science, the morphological impact of systemic metabolic disorders remains unexplored. Therefore, it is of interest to compare bilateral external ear measurements between diabetic and healthy individuals to determine if chronic hyperglycemia significantly influences soft tissue morphology. Anthropometric data were collected from both cohorts and categorized by sex to evaluate symmetry and quantify deviations in ear dimensions. Thus, we show that right ear measurements were consistently larger than those of the left ear in both groups, with diabetic patients exhibiting statistically significant differences in specific morphological parameters compared to the control group. In each group, the measurements of the right ear for men and women were larger than those of the left ear, and there were significant differences in anthropometric measurements.
Keywords
Human ear, diabetes, anthropometric measurements
Citation
Deshmukh et al. Bioinformation 22(4): 2259-2261 (2026)
Edited by
P Kangueane
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
