Estimation of stature from foot anthropometry in Central Indian population

Abstract

Out of many parameters for human identification, stature is a principal anatomical variable. Stature estimation,
especially in post-mortem cases where only some parts of an individual is available or cases where only
footprints are available, foot anthropometry will be extremely useful. The objective of the current study
is to find out interrelationship between the stature & foot length & formulating a regression equation for
determination of height from foot length among individuals from Central India. This cross sectional study
was conducted at the department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology of Datta Meghe Medical College,
Nagpur from June 2020 to August 2020. Collected data was entered in Microsoft Excel sheet & analysed
using SPSS software. Mean stature in male was 165.8 cm with SD of 6 cm, while in female, it was 159.9
cm with SD of 6.7 cm. Gender wise difference in mean stature & foot length was statistically significant.
This research found remarkable positive correlation between stature & foot-length in both sexes. Regression
formula was derived which will be extremely helpful to forecast the height of an individual from known
foot-length in cases of medicolegal importance.