Stature estimation from foot anthropometric measurements in Bangladeshi population

Asadujjaman, Md.; Noman, Sk. Nahid Al; Molla, Babor Ali

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“…The stature was measured in centimeters to the closest millimeters by using a stadiometer. Measurements of stature, shoulder elbow length, and ulnar length followed the study of Asadujjaman et al [6], Borkar [24], and Prasad et al [35], respectively. This study measured all dimensions in a well-lit room and followed the rules of Vallois [39].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Stature: The standard height of a person in a vertical position is known as stature. The stature was measured as the distance from the base to the tipping point on the head [6] ( Fig. 1a).…”

Section: Anthropometric Measurementsmentioning

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“…In such circumstances, various anthropometric methods have been used as a tool to calculate the height of a human being from unknown body parts and skeletal remains by anthropologists, medical scientists, and anatomists, which have been practiced over the last few decades. Consequently, several researchers have tried to figure out the height of the individuals from different body measurements such as foot [5][6][7][8][9], footprints [10][11][12], upper limb [13,14], lower limb [15], hand [9,16,17], handprint [18], knee height [19], long bones [20], and so on. 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].…”

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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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Section: Anthropometric Measurementsmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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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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“…Stature is considered as one of the "Big Four" parameters for the development of the biological profile (Ahemad and Purkait 2011; Krogman 1955;Paulis 2015). A lot of research work has been conducted in the past for estimating the stature form numerous body dimensions; example includes the dimensions of the head (Pelin et al 2010), hand (Asadujjaman et al 2019;Ishak et al 2012b;Kalia et al 2008;Kim et al 2018;Krishan and Sharma 2007;Uhrová et al 2015;Zulkifly et al 2018), foot (Asadujjaman et al 2020a;Hisham et al 2012;Kanchan et al 2008Kanchan et al , 2010Krishan et al 2011Krishan et al , 2012Kuan 2018;Ozden et al 2005;Sanli et al 2005;Uhrová et al 2013Uhrová et al , 2015Zeybek et al 2008), lower limb (Ahmed 2013a;Nor et al 2013), upper limb (Ahmed 2013b;Ismail et al 2018), cranium (Shrestha et al 2015), sternum (Yonguc et al 2015), lumber vertebrae (Zhang et al 2015), femur and tibia (Brits et al 2017), etc. Apart from these, handprints (Ahemad and Purkait 2011;Ishak et al 2012a, b;Krishan et al 2015;Moorthy and Yin 2016;Paulis 2015;Salama 2013;Zulkifly et al 2018) and footprints …”

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Stature estimation from handprint measurements: an application to the medicolegal investigation

Asadujjaman

Hossain

Rana

et al. 2021

Egypt J Forensic Sci

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Background The estimation of the stature of human beings is a major part of medicolegal investigation when only body parts are found. The study aimed to estimate the stature from different handprint measurements in a Bangladeshi population using statistical considerations. A sample of 200 young Bangladeshi adults (100 men and 100 women) with no physical disabilities participated in this study. Stature and seven anthropometric measurements were measured using standard anthropometric measurements. The bilateral asymmetry was tested using the independent t test. The Pearson’s correlation coefficient (R) between the stature and different handprint measurements was calculated. Consequently, the simple and multiple linear regression models were developed to estimate the stature from the handprint measurements. Results The bilateral asymmetry was statistically not significant (p > 0.05) in right and left handprints. Sex difference significantly (p < 0.05) influences the relationship between stature and handprint measurements. A positive and strong coefficient of correlation (R) value presents between stature and the handprint measurements. The right 2nd digit length in men (R = + 0.709, R2 = 0.502, SEE = ± 44.141 mm) and the right handprint length in women (R = + 0.552, R2 = 0.305, SEE = ± 49.074 mm) were the most reliable estimator of stature. However, when data were combined for both sexes, the right handprint length was identified as the most reliable estimator of stature with higher values of R (+ 0.777) and R2 (0.603), and a lower value of SEE (± 55.520). Multiple regression equation showed greater reliability than linear regression equations in stature estimation from handprint measurements in Bangladeshi population. Conclusions It was concluded that the estimation of stature from handprint measurements is possible and reliable. The findings of this study are very useful from the forensic and medicolegal point of view and can use to estimate the stature in Bangladeshi population.

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“…The estimation of stature or sex from various linear measurements, such as hand and foot dimensions, is the easiest components for personal identification in forensic science and medico-legal aspects (Kanchan et al 2010a,b;Sen et al 2011;Dey and Kapoor 2015;Jee et al a,b 2015;Sen et al 2015;Kim et al 2018;Asadujjaman et al 2019;Singh et al 2019a). It is common to find fragmented body parts, such as hand and foot in disaster, crime scene, explosions, airplane and train accidents (Kanchan et al 2010a,b;Jee et al 2015;Bindurani et al 2017;Singh and Yadav 2017;Kim et al 2018;Zulkifly et al 2018;Asadujjaman et al 2019;Rongpi and Mondal 2019;Singh et al 2019b). In such cases, estimation of the sex as well as stature from the fragmented body parts bears an utmost importance in the field of forensic science and medico-legal aspects.…”

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Estimation of Sex from Hand Dimensions in an Indigenous Karbi Adult Population of Assam, India

Mondal¹

2020

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Personal identification is one of the most important elements in any medico-legal and forensic investigation. It is a challenging task for both the forensic experts and physical anthropologists when identifications of unknown dismembered remains are involved. The aim and objectives of the present investigation was to determine sex by using hand length (HL) and hand breadth (HB) among an indigenous adult Karbi tribe of Karbi Anglong, Assam, India. The present community based cross-sectional investigation was undertaken among 320 unrelated adult Karbi individuals (160 males;160 females) between the age-group of 20-50 years, using stratified random sampling method. The anthropometric measurements of HL and HB were collected using standard procedures. The statistical analysis of descriptive statistics, ANOVA, binary logistic regression (BLR) and AUC-ROC were performed using SPSS (version 16.0). The results indicate that mean of LHL, RHL, LHB, RHB, LHI and RHI were observed to be significantly higher among men than women (p<0.01). The investigation highlights the existence of sexual dimorphism in HL and HB (p<0.01). The mean bilateral difference was found to be statistically not significant in both sexes in HL and HB (p>0.05). The BLR analysis showed that HB was found to be significantly more associated with sex estimation than the HL in both sexes (p<0.01). The AUC-ROC analysis was performed to test the predictive accuracy in sex estimation after predicting the probability of HL and HB. The AUC-ROC analysis showed that combined HB than HL have more accuracy over a single hand dimension measure (for example, LHL, RHL, LBH and RHB) to determine the sex (p<0.01).The equation of the present investigation may prove to be useful in sex estimation of an adult individual when any fragmented or mutilated body parts are brought for the forensic science and medico-legal investigations.

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Stature estimation from foot anthropometric measurements in Bangladeshi population

Cited by 14 publications

References 39 publications

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

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

Stature estimation from handprint measurements: an application to the medicolegal investigation

Estimation of Sex from Hand Dimensions in an Indigenous Karbi Adult Population of Assam, India

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