1Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, 110029
2Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Pondicherry, India, 605006
3Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Managalagiri, India, 522503
*Corresponding Author Dr Vinod Ashok Chaudhari (Associate Professor), E-mail Id: drvinodchaudhari@gmail.com, Contact no. +918940483914
Online published on 15 May, 2021.
The stature of deceased along with various sternal measurements was taken to obtain a linear regression equation to estimate the height of an individual in Southern Indian population. The cross-sectional study was conducted on 210 sternums obtained from medico-legal autopsies conducted at JIPMER, Pondicherry, India. A significant and positive correlation was observed between the stature of deceased (STAD) and all measurements of sternal lengths (P<0.05 for LM, LB, LMB) for both sexes. The stature with LMB showed highest correlation (R=0.490) for males and LB showed the highest correlation (R=0.472) in females. This study will be of more helpful to forensic experts and anthropologists when only the trunk of the body was recovered with no available long bones.
Stature, Sternal lengths, Linear regression, Autopsy, Identification
