Estimation of Stature from Ring Finger Length in Haryanavi Population: An Anthropometric Study
ABSTRACT Introduction: Stature helps to determine a person’s identity. In dead and mutilated bodies, height can be estimated from body parameters using a regression equation or multiplication factor. Materials and Methods: The present study was conducted to find the multiplication factor between p...
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Introduction: Stature helps to determine a person’s identity. In dead and mutilated bodies, height can be estimated from body parameters using a regression equation or multiplication factor.
Materials and Methods: The present study was conducted to find the multiplication factor between percutaneous ring finger length (RFL) and stature in the Haryana region, for which 145 medical students (80 males and 65 females) of Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, were measured. The correlation coefficient between height and RFL was found to be positive.
Results: Stature can be accurately estimated from RFL using simple regression equation or multiplication factor. The regression equation determined for male was Height = 1.798 × RFL + 158.6 and for female was Height = 0.919 × RFL + 152.3.
Conclusions: Our study has a great importance to estimate stature from RFL among Haryana region from the anatomical and medicolegal point of view. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d94d20b58388409ebbbd927d61196a7a2022-12-21T20:56:26ZengADICHUNCHANAGIRI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCESJournal of Medical Sciences and Health2394-94812394-949X2020-06-016214https://doi.org/10.46347/jmsh.2020.v06i01.001Estimation of Stature from Ring Finger Length in Haryanavi Population: An Anthropometric StudyRuchir Sharma0S K Dhattarwal1Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Shaheed Hasan Khan Mewati, Government Medical College, Nuh, Haryana, IndiaSenior Professor and Head, Department of Forensic Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, IndiaABSTRACT Introduction: Stature helps to determine a person’s identity. In dead and mutilated bodies, height can be estimated from body parameters using a regression equation or multiplication factor. Materials and Methods: The present study was conducted to find the multiplication factor between percutaneous ring finger length (RFL) and stature in the Haryana region, for which 145 medical students (80 males and 65 females) of Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, were measured. The correlation coefficient between height and RFL was found to be positive. Results: Stature can be accurately estimated from RFL using simple regression equation or multiplication factor. The regression equation determined for male was Height = 1.798 × RFL + 158.6 and for female was Height = 0.919 × RFL + 152.3. Conclusions: Our study has a great importance to estimate stature from RFL among Haryana region from the anatomical and medicolegal point of view.http://jmsh.ac.in/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=136:estimation-of-stature-from-ring-finger-length-in-haryanavi-population-an-anthropometric-study&Itemid=1anthropometryfourth digit lengthlinear regressionring finger lengthstandard deviationtotal body height. |
| spellingShingle | Ruchir Sharma S K Dhattarwal Estimation of Stature from Ring Finger Length in Haryanavi Population: An Anthropometric Study Journal of Medical Sciences and Health anthropometry fourth digit length linear regression ring finger length standard deviation total body height. |
| title | Estimation of Stature from Ring Finger Length in Haryanavi Population: An Anthropometric Study |
| title_full | Estimation of Stature from Ring Finger Length in Haryanavi Population: An Anthropometric Study |
| title_fullStr | Estimation of Stature from Ring Finger Length in Haryanavi Population: An Anthropometric Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Estimation of Stature from Ring Finger Length in Haryanavi Population: An Anthropometric Study |
| title_short | Estimation of Stature from Ring Finger Length in Haryanavi Population: An Anthropometric Study |
| title_sort | estimation of stature from ring finger length in haryanavi population an anthropometric study |
| topic | anthropometry fourth digit length linear regression ring finger length standard deviation total body height. |
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