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Indian Journal of Research in Anthropology

Volume  1, Issue 1, July - December 2015, Pages 25-30
 

Original Article

Estimation of Stature from Foot Measurements

Jyoti Ratan Ghosh, Rimpa Guin, Arup Ratan Bandyopadhyay

*Department of Anthropology, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan – 731235, West Bengal, India. **Department of Anthropology, University of Calcutta, 35 B.C.Road, Kolkata-700019, West Bengal, India.

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Abstract

 Estimation of stature from body parts is crucial in identification of disfigurement human remains in forensic investigation. The objectives of the present study were to understand the correlations of foot measurements with stature and to derive regression equations to estimate the stature from different foot measurements in adult Bengali females. The present cross-sectional study in the Birbhum district of West Bengal was conducted on one hundred adults Bengali females. Anthropometric measurement includes stature, five foot length measurements from each toe (i.e.T1, T2, T3, T4, and T5), foot breadth at the ball and foot breadth at the heel. The mean age was 22.35 (SD, 1.55) years. The mean stature was 153.47 (SD, 4.77) cm. The result of the paired t test revealed that there were significant bilateral asymmetry in T3, T4, T5 length and FBB. Results of the Pearson’s correlation coefficient of stature with different foot measurements revealed that all foot measurements were significantly and positively correlated with stature. However, the highest correlation was observed between stature and left foot T4 length. Equations were derived by using simple and multiple regression analysis for the estimation stature. The overall lower standard error of estimate for foot length measurements indicated that foot lengths provide comparatively higher reliability and accuracy in estimating stature. However, the standard error of estimate of multiple regression model indicated that the multiple regression model tend to estimate stature more accurately than linear regression models.

Key words: Female; Foot Length; Foot Breadth; Stature; Forensic Anthropology.

Corresponding Author : Jyoti Ratan Ghosh