Correlation of Human height with dimensions of hand. A study in Young Population of Northern India

ABSTRACT

Background: Anthropometry has continuously been used in forensic examinations of unknown commingled human remains. Forensic Anthropology is concerned with the building of ante mortem histories of individuals from skeletonized remains The aim and objective is to find out the bilateral and bisexual variations from the percutaneous measurement of length of hand and middle and little fingers of both hands of males to reconstruct the stature.Material & Methods:100 male undergraduate students were taken up for the study. The stature was measured by a stadiometer. The hand length and finger length were measured by the measuring scale and vernier calipers. The prediction of estimation of stature from the length of both hands, middle finger length and little finger length of both hands was determined.Results:The mean height in males is 174.3690±6.18 cm. The mean hand length in males is 19.74±0.87 cm in right hand and 19.65±0.83 cm in left hand. The mean length of right middle finger length is 8.32±0.45 cm and left middle finger length in males is 8.28±0.49 cm. The mean length of right little finger length is 6.38±0.43 cm and left little finger length in males is 6.27±0.52 cm.Conclusions:Positive and statistically significant correlation can be observed among the different variables taken up in the present study. Pearson’s correlation was used which can predict a significant relationship between the height and the length of hand and middle finger of male.