Estimation of Stature from Upper Fragment of Tibia in Living

Among the various factors used to establish individuality of an unidentified dead body or any mutilated part of such dead body the ‘Height’ is one of them as human has an erect posture. The objective of the study was to find out correlation and to derive regression formula between length of right and left upper fragment of tibia and height of an individual in India. The material consisted of 440 individual in which male and female constituted the equal number between the age group of 18 to 24 years. This group comprises the admixture of students admitted from all over the country.

Measurements were taken at a fixed time to avoid diurnal variations. The height was recorded with the help of an anthropometer and length of both sided upper fragment of tibia was recorded with vernier caliper. The observed data was subjected to statistical analysis. The result obtained indicated there were positive correlation between right and left tibia and height of an individual.

Regression equation derived can be used to estimate the stature of an individual when it is not definitely known as to which part of the country he/she belongs.