RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FOOT LENGTH, BODY MASS INDEX, AND HEIGHT IN COMPARISON WITH PHALLUS LENGTH AMONG HEALTHY YOUNG NIGERIAN MEN
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2019
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15. Published by Era's Lucknow Medical College & Hospital, Lucknow in association with American University of Barbados.
Abstract
Most men have misleading information about the normal penis length so
they get depressed thinking what they have is small and most go as far as
doing surgery to try increasing the length. The aim of this study was to
determine the average penile length and investigate the relationship
between penile length and somatometric parameters in a group of
healthy Nigerian men.
A total of 200 healthy men were included in the study. The age, height
and weight of the subjects were recorded. Penile length was measure in
flaccid state. The correlation between penile length and somatometric parameters was analyzed by Pearson s analysis.
The mean age of the subjects was 22.51±2.97 years. The mean penile length in flaccid states was 10.5±0.09cm. There
was a weak positive correlation found between penile length and height, weight, and Body mass index respectively
(P≤0.001, for all).
The penile length must be known to be able to determine the abnormal penile sizes and to make convenient decisions
in the counseling and treatment of people with short penis concern. These results demonstrate that somatometric
parameters are correlated with penile length. We believe that further studies would provide more information about
the casual relationship
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Phallus length, Body mass index, Foot length, Somatometric.