Menezes Ritesh G, Kanchan Tanuj, Kumar G Pradeep, Rao P P Jagadish, Lobo Stany W, Uysal Selma, Krishan Kewal, Kalthur Sneha G, Nagesh K R, Shettigar Sunder
Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India.
J Forensic Leg Med. 2009 Nov;16(8):441-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2009.05.001. Epub 2009 Jun 17.
Estimation of stature is one of the important initial steps during forensic analysis of human skeletal remains. The aim of the present study was to derive a linear regression formula for estimating stature of adult South Indian males from the length of the sternum. The study included 35 male sternums of South Indian origin dissected from cadavers during medico-legal autopsies. The linear regression equation [Stature=117.784 + (3.429 x Sternal length)] was derived to estimate the stature from the length of the sternum. The correlation coefficient was 0.638. The standard error of the estimate was 5.64 cm. This preliminary study concludes that the length of the sternum can be used as a tool for stature estimation in adult South Indian males.
身高估计是人类骨骼遗骸法医分析中的重要初始步骤之一。本研究的目的是从胸骨长度推导一个用于估计成年南印度男性身高的线性回归公式。该研究包括在法医尸检期间从尸体上解剖的35块南印度男性胸骨。推导出线性回归方程[身高 = 117.784 + (3.429 × 胸骨长度)]以根据胸骨长度估计身高。相关系数为0.638。估计的标准误差为5.64厘米。这项初步研究得出结论，胸骨长度可作为成年南印度男性身高估计的一种工具。
