Stature Estimation Using Anthropometric Measurements on X-rays of Long Bones in Living Individuals of Indian Population

Determining stature of an individual from measurement of different parts of body is used in Anthropology and Forensic Medicine for personal identification and race. Stature has been one of the most important factor for description of individual characteristics for a long time. ⁽¹⁾ The length of right ulna and tibia of 50 male and 50 female adults, who were anatomically healthy were measured on the antero-posterior radiographs in the current study. In Croatia, cadavers of 21 males and 19 females have been studied extensively by Petrovečki et al. (2007). They have determined the relationship between the length of the long bones and the height with the help of radiographic images. The results showed that there was a significant difference in the stature and maximum length of long bones between female and male cadavers. The correlation between the stature and long bone length was best for the humerus in females and the tibia in male. ⁽²⁾

Measurements of the right ulna and right tibia from radiographs were taken with the stature, and the data tabulated and statistically analysed, to formulate regression equation for stature estimation using SPSS. Regression analysis was used to generate predictive equations of stature from ulna and tibia variables.