A Preliminary Anthropometric Study of Height and Sex Determination Using Percutaneous Ulnar and Femoral Lengths

Ansah, Emmanuel Owusu; Abaidoo, Chrissie Stansie; Diby, Thomas; Appiah, Atta Kusi; Atuahene, Obed Ohene-Djan; Darko, Nancy Darkoa; Tetteh, Joshua

doi:10.16965/ijar.2017.127

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“…Its reliability was evaluated in the test group with 95 -100% accuracy. Based on the literature, forearm length is a reliable measure for sex determination in other populations based on surface anthropometric and osteological landmarks (8,18). According to Ahmed on Sudanese adults, forearm length with surface anthropometric landmarks was the most reliable parameter for sex determination with 78.5 and 89.5% accuracy among the four main upper limb dimensions, similar to our study (14).…”

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“…The mean statures were significantly higher for males than for females in the present study. The shorter length in females is created due to high estrogen levels during pu- berty, which leads to earlier stopping of bone growth (18). Unlike females, because of high testosterone levels, males have more bone growth opportunities that eventually lead to longer bones (18).…”

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Upper Limb Anthropometric Measurements of Iranian Medical Students for Estimating Sex and Stature

Pajokh

Mehralizadeh

Dalfardi

et al. 2022

Middle East J Rehabil Health Stud

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Background: Stature and sex estimation according to surface anatomical landmarks is applicable for personal identification in forensic medicine. Objectives: The present study aimed to prepare a comprehensive reference of four main upper limb anthropometric dimensions in Iranian adults and make a formula for predicting sex and stature according to them. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, four main anthropometric dimensions of the upper limb, including arm length, forearm length, hand length, and hand width of 280 Iranian adults aged 20 - 24 years, were measured according to surface anatomical landmarks. To determine sex differences, we divided the collected measures into two groups: (1) study (120 males and 120 females); and (2) test (20 males and 20 females) groups. Sexual dimorphism indicator and discriminant functions were conducted on the study group and were validated according to the test group. The relativity of stature with measured dimensions was done by a simple linear regression test in the male and female groups. Results: All upper limb measurements were potent to determine gender, but forearm length displayed the highest accuracy of 94.2 - 95% and 95 - 100% for the study and test groups, respectively. Regression analysis revealed that arm length had the highest correlation with stature (22.2% for males and 18.41% for females). Conclusions: We prepared a sex and stature estimation formula based on four upper limb anthropometric dimensions in Iranian adults that can be used in the forensic and clinical fields.

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Upper Limb Anthropometric Measurements of Iranian Medical Students for Estimating Sex and Stature

Pajokh

Mehralizadeh

Dalfardi

et al. 2022

Middle East J Rehabil Health Stud

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“…Hormonal influences during puberty causes earlier cessation of bony growth in females than the males, as it has underlying effects on the pattern and duration of growth. The females undergo accelerated pubertal growth spurt, ending their growth faster than the males who experience more sustained growth (Ansah et al 2017). Frey (2000) also reported that women generally tend to have a narrower heel in relation to the forefoot and narrow feet than men relative to length.…”

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Predictive equations and multiplication factors for stature estimation using foot dimensions of an adult Nigerian population

Ibeabuchi

Okubike

Olabiyi

et al. 2018

Egypt J Forensic Sci

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Background: The determination of living stature is a key component of personal identification of individuals. In this study, we developed predictive regression models and multiplication factors to reliably estimate living stature from foot length and breadth in adult Nigerian undergraduate students at the University of Lagos. Materials and methods: The study sample comprised 400 subjects (200 males and 200 females) of Nigerian parentage, aged 18-36 years who volunteered and satisfied the inclusion criteria. Following institutional approval, anthropometric measurements of stature, foot length, and foot breadth were taken with a stadiometer, a large sliding caliper and a small sliding vernier caliper respectively according to the protocol recommended by the International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry (ISAK). The data was analyzed for descriptive and inferential statistics using the SPSS statistical package version 20. Results: Mean stature values of 176.44 ± 6.47 cm, 164.71 ± 6.70 cm, and 169.80 ± 8.79 cm were recorded for the males, females, and the pooled sample respectively. The mean values of the foot dimensions (right and left) in the males, females, and the pooled sample ranged from 9.49 ± 0.73 to 27.29 ± 1.30 cm. Independent t test exhibited statistically significant gender differences (P < 0.05) for all the parameters except age, with the males having consistently higher values than the females. Paired t test revealed the existence of bilateral asymmetry between right and left foot dimensions, except for the foot length in the males (P < 0.05). Significant positive correlation coefficients of stature with the foot length and breadth dimensions were found to range from 0.344 to 0.832 in the study. The multiplication factors computed for stature prediction from foot length and breadth ranged from 6.465 to 18.301 in the males, females, and the pooled sample. Conclusion: This study has demonstrated that stature can be predicted from foot dimensions, with the foot length showing more accuracy and reliability than the foot breadth. The prediction models established from this study will be very useful in disaster victim identification from mutilated human remains in Nigeria.

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“…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].…”

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

Yeasmin

Hossain

Chowdhury

et al. 2020

SN Compr. Clin. Med.

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In forensic science, the stature estimation from different parts of the human body, particularly in personal identification, has gained considerable importance due to mass disasters like cyclones, earthquakes, mass accidents, terror attacks etc. Moreover, clinically stature estimation is also essential to assess physical growth, nutrition, and calculating body surface area. Therefore, the present study was intended to develop the standard formula to evaluate the stature of a person using ulnar length and shoulder elbow length in Bangladeshi adult population. The study was carried out on arbitrarily selected 300 healthy adult individuals (150 males and 150 females). At first, several statistical tests were applied to analyze the collected data. Then, sex-specific simple linear regression, stepwise regression, and multiple regression models were applied to develop the models for estimating the stature based on shoulder elbow length and ulnar length. The results showed the insignificant bilateral differences (p > 0.05) of the ulnar length and shoulder elbow length measurements in both sexes. The coefficients of correlation between stature and all measurements were significantly positive (p < 0.001). In this study, the ulnar length showed a better relationship with stature than shoulder elbow length in both sexes with a lower value SEE and higher values of R and R 2. Also, the multiple regression models gave better results than the simple and stepwise regression models due to higher R values and lower SEE. This study concludes that the ulnar length and the shoulder elbow length are significant parameters to estimate the stature in Bangladeshi adult's population.

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A Preliminary Anthropometric Study of Height and Sex Determination Using Percutaneous Ulnar and Femoral Lengths

Cited by 17 publications

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Upper Limb Anthropometric Measurements of Iranian Medical Students for Estimating Sex and Stature

Upper Limb Anthropometric Measurements of Iranian Medical Students for Estimating Sex and Stature

Predictive equations and multiplication factors for stature estimation using foot dimensions of an adult Nigerian population

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

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