Estimation of Stature Using Length of Front and Back of Index and Ring Finger in Contemporary Regional Indian (Bengali) Population-A Pilot Study Hembram Parthasarathi1, Chowdhuri Soumeek2,*, Das Saikat3, Ghosh Ritwik3, Sarkar Naren4, Adhikari Swapan kr4 1Assistant Professor, Dept of FSM, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan 2Tutor, Department of Forensic and State Medicine, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata 3Final Prof. MBBS Student, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata 4MD PGT (MTTR), Dept of FSM, Burdwan Medical College *Corresponding author: Dr. Soumeek Chowdhuri, MD Scottish Awardee (IAFM) Tutor, Department of Forensic and State Medicine, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata E-mail: smk.kgp@gmail.com
Online published on 17 July, 2019. Abstract Post mortem identification is one of the important aspects of any medico-legal investigation. The partially destroyed dead bodies may be found in the form of skeletal remains or dismembered and mutilated body parts. Such bodies are encountered in air crashes, intentional mutilation and dismemberment, explosions, and other mass disasters. This present study was designed to develop a population specific regression formula (Regression equation) to correlate the stature of an individual with length of index and ring fingers in Indian (Bengali) population. The study was conducted among the students of Burdwan Medical College who were aged between 19 & 22 years. Total numbers of students were 68 of which 29 were males and 39 were females. On performing linear regression analysis, it was found that the regression equation for estimation of stature from ring and index fingers came out to be Stature= 94.44(Constant) + 1.48xRing Finger (Front)+ 1.23xIndex Finger (Front)+ 1.53xRing Finger (Back)+ 3.40xIndex Finger (Back). The R2 was found to be 0.41 and R was 0.64 with standard error of estimate found to be 6.33. So, it can be seen that the predictive power of ring and index finger for stature is not very high and the same must be kept in mind while application of the formula in forensic practice. Top Keywords Identification, forensic, finger length, stature, Bengali, linear regression. Top |