1Department of Forensic Medicine, SBKS Medical Institute & Research Centre, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
2Department of Forensic Medicine, B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
*Corresponding author: Senthil Kumaran M, Senior Resident, Department of Forensic Medicine, JIPMER, Puducherry, INDIA, Contact no: +91 8940355577. Email: msenthil_doct@yahoo.com
Online published on 11 August, 2014.
Anthropometric characteristics have direct relationship with sex, shape and form of an individual. These are closely linked with each other in estimating height of an individual from available data, which form the basis of forensic anthropology.
To derive a regression equation to estimate the height of an individual using finger lengths in Gujarati population.
A cross-sectional study was conducted among two hundred Gujarati students in the age group of 20–24 years. Standing height of the individual and finger lengths of ten digits were measured to derive a regression formula using SPSS software version 17.
Stature estimation from finger lengths using different regression equation was obtained. The length of left middle finger was specific for males and left index finger for females.
This study will be helpful for forensic experts, anthropologists, anatomists in estimating the stature of an individual from fragmentary remnants.
Anthropometry, Stature, Finger Length, Regression Equation, Gujarati Population
