title: Correlation of the hand length and stature in adult Musahar females of Nepal; an anthropometric study.
abstract: Stature of a person is one of the most important and useful anthropometric parameter for establishing identification of unknown living or a dead person. A descriptive cross sectional study was done on 165 Nepalese adult Musahar females of Aurahi Village of Mahottari district, Nepal to predict the stature from their hand length. Measurement of stature and the length of both right and left hands taken with a standard standing height measuring instrument and a slide caliper respectively showed significant (p<0.001) positive correlation between the stature and hand lengths. The multiplication factor which was obtained by dividing the height of the subject by the respective hand lengths was found appropriate parameter to calculate the stature of a questioned person. The importance of the hand length alone will be of a great value for anthropologists and forensic experts. As an alternative method, the coefficient of regression and intercept which were obtained from the measured height and hand length were also proved to be equally valuable to estimate the height of a questioned person.
authors: Department of Human Anatomy, Nepal Medical College, Jorpati, Kathmandu, Nepal. drksbasnet@gmail.com
authors: K S
authors: KS
authors: Basnet
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Dhungel
authors: P P
authors: PP
authors: Panta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods*; D001827:Body Height; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009390:Nepal; D012044:Regression Analysis