Estimation of Stature

Arif, Mariam; Rasool, Syed Hamad; Chaudhary, Muhammad Khalid; Shakeel, Zunaira

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“…Equations produced for one population do not always give accurate results for another population due to differences in diet, environment and lifestyle of each population (8). Identification becomes necessary in the living, recently dead persons, decomposed bodies, skeletal remains and is required in civil and criminal cases (9).…”

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Prediction of Body Height Using Hand Length and Hand Breadth in Pharmacy and Nursing Students at Misrake Ghion College, Northeast Ethiopia: An Anthropometry Study

Tiruneh,

Teshome,

Geberemeskel

et al. 2024

Academic Forensic Pathology

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Objectives: To predict body height using hand length and hand breadth in pharmacy and nursing students at Misrake Ghion College, Northeast Ethiopia. Methods: A cross-sectional prospective study was conducted from October 15 to January 20, 2021. The study was carried out on 316 students (160 males and 156 females). The study participants were from the Amhara ethnic groups, with the age range of 18 to 25 years. Body height, hand length, and hand breath were measured and analyzed using SPSS version 23. The strength of association was evaluated using correlation analysis. The significance level was set at p < 0.05. A paired sample t test was performed. Regression equations were derived using simple and multiple linear regression analysis. Results: Hand length and hand breadth had a positive significant correlation with body height in both male and females. In both males and females, left hand length had a strong significant correlation (males r = 0.768, females r = 0.670), followed by right hand length (males r = 0.711, females r = 0.626). Regarding hand length, right hand breadth (males r = 0.671, female r = 0.438) and left hand length (males r = 0.504, females r = 0.525). There was a significant bilateral difference in hand length and hand breadth on its right and left sides ( p < 0.05). Simple and multiple regression equations were formulated for each sex. Conclusion: In both males and females, body height can be estimated from hand length and breadth using simple or multiple regression equations.

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Prediction of Body Height Using Hand Length and Hand Breadth in Pharmacy and Nursing Students at Misrake Ghion College, Northeast Ethiopia: An Anthropometry Study

Tiruneh,

Teshome,

Geberemeskel

et al. 2024

Academic Forensic Pathology

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A truncated temporal styloid process from the Jordanian Ottoman Period: Developmental variant or fracture?

Judd

2018

International Journal of Paleopathology

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Estimation of body height from percutaneous length of tibia in Debre Markos University students, North West Ethiopia

Sume

2019

Egypt J Forensic Sci

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Introduction: Estimation of body height from measurement of various body parts is a particular interest to forensic scientists to complete biological profile after death. However, establishing the identity of an individual from mutilated, decomposed, and amputated body fragments has become a challenging task in medico-legal cases. Objective of the study: To estimate body height from percutaneous length of the tibia in Debre Markos University (DMU) students. Materials and methods: Institution-based cross-sectional prospective study was conducted in undergraduate students of DMU. The sample size was 572, and data were collected from April 2018 to December 2018. Height and percutaneous tibial length were measured in both sexes. Data were analyzed through SPSS version 25. Level of significance was set at P < 0.05. Results: The mean age of study participants was 21.27 ± 1.74 years for males and 20.41 ± 1.58 years for females. The mean height of study participants was also 168.36 ± 5.89 cm for males and 165.24 ± 4.01 cm for females. The tibial length was strongly correlated with body height in the males than the females: right tibial length (males R = 0.634, females R = 0.259) and left tibial length (males R = 0.632, females R = 0.258). Independent t test exhibited statistically significant gender differences (P < 0.05) with the males having consistently higher values than the females. Paired t test revealed the existence of bilateral asymmetry between the right and left tibial lengths (P < 0.05). The relatively highest correlation was depicted in the right tibial length in both males and females. Conclusion: The mean value of height and tibial length was greater in males than that of females, and these differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). Tibial length was significantly (P < 0.05) correlated with height in both sexes. Therefore, tibial length can predict body height in both sexes.

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Estimation of Stature

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Prediction of Body Height Using Hand Length and Hand Breadth in Pharmacy and Nursing Students at Misrake Ghion College, Northeast Ethiopia: An Anthropometry Study

Prediction of Body Height Using Hand Length and Hand Breadth in Pharmacy and Nursing Students at Misrake Ghion College, Northeast Ethiopia: An Anthropometry Study

A truncated temporal styloid process from the Jordanian Ottoman Period: Developmental variant or fracture?

Estimation of body height from percutaneous length of tibia in Debre Markos University students, North West Ethiopia

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