A study of estimation of stature by foot length among students and staff of al-ameen medical college, vijayapur

Stature is one of the important parameters in identification of any individual. Estimating stature using various parts of body is important in medico-legal investigations since correlation has been found between stature and different parts of body by many studies. Stature estimation using foot length has been done by many studies in different age groups and different regions. Since stature varies among individuals of different sex, race and regions, present study was done to obtain data of this region. It was cross-sectional study carried out on 200 subjects of both sexes (100 male and 100 female), between 21–40 years from the medical college. Stature was measured using standard height measuring instrument and both right and left foot length was measured using Vernier calipers. The correlation coefficient (r), and regression equation for correlation between right and left foot length and stature in males was found to be 0.677, Stature = 89.297+3.158RFL and 0.707, Stature = 89.163+3.189LFL, respectively. The correlation coefficient (r), and regression equation for correlation between right and left foot length and stature in females was 0.592, Stature = 84.203+3.087RFL and 0.582, Stature = 82.477+3.203LFL, respectively. The correlation coefficient (r), and regression equation for correlation between right and left foot length and stature in pooled subjects was 0.811, Stature = 53.591+4.489RFL and 0.823, Stature = 55.195+4.469LFL, respectively.