1Associate Professor of, Forensic Sciences, Forensic Science Program, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Management and Science University, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
2Forensic Division, Chemistry Department of Malaysia, Kuching, Sarawak State, East Malaysia
*Corresponding author: T Nataraja Moorthy Associate Professor of, Forensic Sciences, Forensic Science Program, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Management and Science University, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, E-mail: nattrajamoorthy@gmail.com & nataraajan64@msu.edu.my
Online published on 7 February, 2017.
Forensic anthropologists are interested in body weight estimation through foot impressions. The present study is aimed to derive regression formulae to estimate body weight from breadths of foot impressions (footprint and foot outline) among Iban population in Malaysia. Following the standard procedure, footprint, foot outline breadths and body weights were recorded. The results showed significant positive correlation between body weight and breadth measurements. The correlation coefficient (R) in pooled sample (0.262–0.342) is found to be comparatively higher than those of individual male (0.082–0.265), and female (0.2180.249) footprint breadth measurements. Similar observation was noted in foot outline breadth measurements also i.e., higher R values recorded in pooled sample (0.273–0.436) than male (0.162–0.384) and female (0.166–0.312) subjects. Thus, linear regression equations were derived for body weight estimation from foot impression breadth measurements among Iban population of east Malaysia.
Forensic anthropology, body weight, footprint, foot outline, Ibans, Malaysia
