1Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth University, Pillaiyarkuppam, Pondicherry, India
2Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth University, Pillaiyarkuppam, Pondicherry, India
*Corresponding author: Dr. Pramod Kumar GN Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth University Pillaiyarkuppam, Pondicherry-607402, India E mail: drpramodkumargn@gmail.compramodkumar@mgmcri.ac.in, Mobile: 09787690333
Online published on 7 February, 2017.
The present study attempts to determine stature from Index finger length(IFL). Length of Index finger was measured of 200 individuals (100 males & 100 females) belonging to Mysore district, Karnataka, India aged between 21 and 30 years. Measurements of Index finger length (IFL) were recorded using a Vernier caliper and the individual height (stature) was recorded using an anthropometric rod and the data was subjected to statistical analysis using SPSS software. Mean stature was significantly higher in males than females. Mean IFL on right and left sides was 8.72cm and 8.67cm in males and 8.19cm and 8.11cm in females respectively. Mean IFL was greater in males than females of both hands. Statistically significant correlation was observed between stature and Index finger length of both hands. Pearson correlation (r) for stature and finger lengths was higher among females than males. Independent linear regression equations to calculate the height was formulated in males & females separately.
Identification, Index finger length, Stature, Vernier caliper
