John Basumatary

Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, India

Publications

  • Research   
    Does passive smoking affect the reproductive period of a marginalised population living in hilly terrain: A study among the Hrusso females of Arunachal Pradesh
    Author(s): John Basumatary* and Dhanmani Medhi

    Objective: This study aims to determine the reproductive span among the females. Furthermore, it also assesses the association of passive smoking with age at menarche. Material and methods: A total of 484 adult Hrusso females were assessed in the study. Retrospective method was used to collect the reproductive data. Data on passive smoking was taken using specific questionnaire with questions regarding number of smokers in the family and number of times getting the exposure in a day. Results: The mean age at menarche among the Hrusso girls is found to be 11.2 years. The variance among the four age cohorts across all the age at menarche categories is found to be statistically significant. The waist height ratio has shown that 45.55% females were at risk of cardio-metabolic syndrome which is not significant among the age cohorts. BMI and WHtR are found to be significant predictors of va.. Read More»

    Abstract HTML PDF