Stature Estimation Using Ulnar Length and Shoulder Elbow Length in a Bangladeshi Population
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Stature Estimation Using Ulnar Length and Shoulder Elbow Length in a Bangladeshi Population Nilufa Yeasmin 1 & Imran Hossain 1 & Mohammad Asaduzzaman Chowdhury 2 & Mehedi Hasan Rocky 1 & Abdur Rouf 1 & Sarker Sokharanjan 1 Accepted: 3 September 2020 # Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Abstract In forensic science, the stature estimation from different parts of the human body, particularly in personal identification, has gained considerable importance due to mass disasters like cyclones, earthquakes, mass accidents, terror attacks etc. Moreover, clinically stature estimation is also essential to assess physical growth, nutrition, and calculating body surface area. Therefore, the present study was intended to develop the standard formula to evaluate the stature of a person using ulnar length and shoulder elbow length in Bangladeshi adult population. The study was carried out on arbitrarily selected 300 healthy adult individuals (150 males and 150 females). At first, several statistical tests were applied to analyze the collected data. Then, sex-specific simple linear regression, stepwise regression, and multiple regression models were applied to develop the models for estimating the stature based on shoulder elbow length and ulnar length. The results showed the insignificant bilateral differences (p > 0.05) of the ulnar length and shoulder elbow length measurements in both sexes. The coefficients of correlation between stature and all measurements were significantly positive (p < 0.001). In this study, the ulnar length showed a better relationship with stature than shoulder elbow length in both sexes with a lower value SEE and higher values of R and R2. Also, the multiple regression models gave better results than the simple and stepwise regression models due to higher R values and lower SEE. This study concludes that the ulnar length and the shoulder elbow length are significant parameters to estimate the stature in Bangladeshi adult’s population. Keywords Stature . Ulnar length . Shoulder elbow length . Anthropometry
Introduction Personal identification of unknown deceased persons is the primary task of forensic science. In forensic analysis, developing the organic profile through the estimation of “Big Four” parameters (sex, age, ancestry, and stature) is fundamental to identify the unknown person [1]. Also, these significant four parameters provide useful clues to the investigation agency in constituting the identification of the individuals. In the This article is part of the Topical Collection on Medicine * Nilufa Yeasmin [email protected] 1
Department of Industrial & Production Engineering, Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET), Gazipur 1707, Bangladesh
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET), Gazipur 1707, Bangladesh
investigation process, the relationship between the different body dimensions can assist a forensic scientist in estimating stature from dismembered or mutilated body parts to clear up the crimes without e
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