HIV/AIDS- Own, scale-up, and sustain, via the use of a new scientific discovery of the wrist dimension in determining the degree of physical damage on an infected person

Science has evolved within the centuries into various discovery in major strata of existence of which the Health sector is most blessed.  HIV/AIDs being a major pandemic that has affected over 40% of my country’s youth spore me into embarking on this study and lead to the discovery of how the human body measurement can be related to drug administration, determination of effect on the body system and a more direct solution proferment.

The Wrist Dimension was discovered in this study as single predictor of core anthropometric variables (height, body weight & age) of 187 non-infected Nigerian adults of both sexes with respective Pearson Correlation Coefficient Values (R_hi = 0.74/R²_hii – adjusted = 0.56, R_wi = 0.60/R²_wii – adjusted = 0.55, R_Ai = 0.42/R²_Aii – adjusted = 0.20).  

In the same light, applying discriminant function, sexual dimorphism was also established from the wrist dimension with negligible contribution from a second arm-bone dimension with an accuracy prediction rate of 84.9%.  This knowledge is applied in the derivation of benchmarks for positive comparison between infected and non-infected persons for proper administration of the Anti-retroviral Drugs (ARVs) and suitable diets to infected persons by physicians and dieticians alike.

Asides clinical diagnostic application of the wrist in an HIV/AIDS related issue, other applications may be in the areas of Re-constructive Surgery, Disaster Victim Identification (DVI)/Identification of Victims of fatal assaults such as crimes against humanity and sports (Kinanthropometry).