ABSTRACT
Stature is considered as one of the important and significant parameters for establishment of personal identity in forensic medical examination or anthropological studies. With the alarming increase in frequency of road and train accidents, floods, fire, deliberate mutilation, disfigurement and natural disasters, there is a need of studies that provide help to identify the deceased from fragmentary and dismembered human remains. In such situations, measurements of feet provide a reasonably good estimation about the stature of a person. The paucity of data that allowing reconstruction of stature from the dimensions of feet which highlights the need of such study. 1]. To determine the relationship between foot length and stature by calculating correlation coefficient. 2- To establish a regression model for estimation of stature from foot length in both male and female. Cross sectional survey study was carried out on the MBBS students of above 20 years of age of King Edward Medical University, Lahore. Systematic sampling technique applied. Amongst the total students [873] of 3[rd] year, 4[th] year and final year, every third student was included. Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology KEMU, Lahore. It was carried out in one year. The subject selection was based on following criteria: The MBBS students of King Edward Medical University, Lahore irrespective of sex with age above 20 years were included in this study. The subjects having diagnosed lower limb or foot deformities on clinical assessment were excluded. A significant and positive correlation was found between foot length and stature in male and female subjects and regression equation was framed for both sexes. The correlation coefficient was highest between stature and foot length in males and females. Dimensions of feet can provide good reliability in estimation of stature. The correlation coefficient was highest between stature and foot length of both in males and females