ABSTRACT
Introduction: Limb anthropometry provides great contributionin personal identification of any individual by determining themorphological variation of different population which is done byanthropologists and forensic scientists as well as anatomists.Stature is considered as one of the important parameters alongwith other parameters like age, sex and race for personalidentification which helps in forensic investigation. TheManipuri community is one of the oldest ethnic communities inBangladesh.Objective: In this study our main goal is to find out thecorrelation between the stature and four selected linear upperlimb dimensions of left side; length of the arm, forearm, ulnaand hand.Materials and Methods: This anthropometric study wascarried out in 100 adult Bangladeshi Manipuri femalepopulation aged between 25 to 45 years. Direct measurementsof stature and four selected linear upper limb dimensions weretaken and statistical analysis was performed using SPSSsoftware (version 22.0).Results: The four selected upper limb dimensions showedsignificant positive correlations (p≤ 0.05) with the stature.Highest correlation of the stature with the dimensions studied,was found in the length of forearm (r=0.511).Conclusion: The findings of the present study show that therewas significant positive correlation between the stature and theselected four upper limb dimensions and thereby indicating thatstature could be predicted successfully using length of the arm,forearm, ulna and hand among Bangladeshi Manipuri femalepopulation.