Estimation of Stature from Foot Length in North Indian Population Bachh U1, Khan Firdous1,*, Aggarwal OP2 1Demonstrator/Tutor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences-Medical College, Srinagar, J&K 2Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, MMIMSR, Mullana, Ambala *Corresponding author: Dr Firdous Khan, Tutor/Demonstrator, Department of Forensic Medicine, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences-Medical College, Srinagar, J&K, Email: firdousdr786@gmail.com
Online published on 27 November, 2019. Abstract Stature is one of the most impressive factors for personal identification, hence occupies a unique position in medicolegal cases and in the anthropological research areas. A cross sectional study was carried out on healthy 150 males and 150 females belonging to the age group of 18 years to 25 year. The stature and foot length of both the sides of the individuals were measured. The stature was measured as vertical distance from vertex to the floor in mid-sagittal plane with the help of stadiometer. The statistical analysis showed the correlations between stature and various parameters studied in males and females were found to be statistically significant. The highest correlation coefficient was obtained for left foot length and stature (0.707) among males. Similarly, in females, the lowest correlation coefficient was obtained for right foot length (0.510). Simple and multiple linear regression equations have been derived from the collected data which can be appropriately used in determining stature in case of fragmented and mutilated remains. Top Keywords Stature, foot length, anthropometry, identification. Top |