1Professor & HOD, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College & Research Institute, Ammapettai
2Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College & Research Institute, Ammapettai
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Dipayan Deb Barman, Professor & HOD, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College & Research Institute, Ammapettai, Phone : +91-9915547048, E-mail: dipayandebbarman@gmail.com
Online Published on 10 September, 2024.
Stature of an individual is one the most important data of personal identification. Both in living and as well as in the deceased the stature estimation is of great significance. Mutilated remains or bone fragments have always remained a challenge for the Forensic anthropologists.
This cross-sectional study was conducted on 200 subjects of ethnic Tamil origin (100 males and 100 females). The percutaneous length of the tibia was measured, and the height of the individual was measured from vertex to heel in the Frankfurt’s plane. For the tibial length Measurement, was taken with a spreading caliper from the medial most point on the upper border of medial condyle of the tibia to the tip of medial malleolus of the tibia.
The mean length of the right and left tibia in males as found in this study were 35.11 cm and 35.93 cm, and in females were 28.81 cm and 28.76 cm respectively. The results of the student’s t test between male and female stature showed at value of 23.824, with p value of 0.033 which is statistically significant. A regression formula was developed separately for males and females based on the correlation between stature and percutaneous length of tibia.
This study has worked on establishing a relationship between the percutaneous length of tibia and stature among adult males and females of ethnic Tamil origin and has also successfully derived a regression formula for males and females separately.
Stature, Percutaneous Length Of Tibia, Regression Formula
