A model for height and sex prediction from percutaneous lengths of forearm bones

Stature Estimation Using Ulnar Length and Shoulder Elbow Length in a Bangladeshi Population

“…Also, males right-ulnar length (R: 0.716) and left ulnar length (R: 0.708) exhibited a more significant correlation with the height as compared with the female right-ulnar length (R: 0.612) and left ulnar length (R: 0.612). These results were consistent to the findings of the study on the Ghanaian students by Okai et al [30] where the ulnar length was the most reliable estimator of stature than radial length (R 0.714 in males and 0.721 in females; R 2 0.51 in males and 0.52 in females; SEE ± 0.22 cm in males and ± 0.23 cm in females). On the contrary, in Tormitsu et al's study [29] in a Japanese population where the ulnar length and radial length were more [24] in the Indian population of a Western region of Maharashtra, the humerus length was strongly correlated with the height in males (right humerus length: R 0.849 and left humerus length: R 0.852) and females (Right humerus length: R 0.793 and Left humerus length: R 0.801) respectively.…”

“…In a study on a city south-east of Iran by Borhani-Haghighi et al [34], it was found that the mean left ulnar length was 29.17 cm in males and 26.47 cm in females. In a study carried out by Okai et al [30] on the Ghanaian students, the mean ulnar length was 29.80 cm in males and 27.3 cm in females. In another survey by Issa et al [31] on Egyptian cadavers, the mean ulnar length was 27.4 cm in males and 26 cm in females.…”

“…In the study of Amrah et al [23] on the undergraduate students, the stature, humeral length, and tibial length were larger in men than in women. In Ghananian population, Okai et al [30] revealed that the height, ulna length, and radial length were larger in men than in women. Torimitsu et al [29] studied on a Japanese population and reported the larger value of stature, In corpse of the Japanese population by Tormitsu et al [29], it was found that the mean right-ulnar length was 24.16 cm in males and 22.16 cm in females, whereas mean left ulnar length was 24.09 cm in males and 22.04 cm in females.…”

“…Among these measurements, the stature estimation from long bones becomes imperative, while the direct height measurement is difficult, especially in debilitated, bedridden persons or in persons that may have vertebral column or limbrelated problems [21]. The measurement from long bones includes the upper arm length [22] or humeral length [23,24], tibial length [23,25], femoral length [26], fibula length [25,27], radial length [28][29][30][31] and ulnar length [26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] etc. Further, it has also been found that the lower extremities are strongly correlated with stature than upper extremities [36].…”

Discriminant Function Models for Determination of Sex Using Anthropometric Foot Dimensions in an Adult Nigerian Population

“…The most sexually dimorphic of the dimensions tested was right foot width (male mean 10.204cm and female mean 9.03cm; t =14.587). Across similar studies of different ancestries, it is evident that that males have statistically significantly larger means than females for any given body dimension [18,22,23]. Thus, supporting the existence of sexual dimorphism in this study with right foot width displaying the greatest degree of sexual dimorphism in both male (mean 10.204cm) and female (mean 9.03cm) with t =14.587.…”