Body height estimation from the length of the thoracic segments of spine by digitalradiography in living body / 中国法医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To establish the method of estimating the stature with the length of the thoracic segments of spine.Methods By applying technology of digital radiography(DR),the digital radiography of thoracic segments of 514 living subjects from the population of Han of Sichuan in China are obtained,their length of thoracic segments of spine also were measured from the radiograms and the body height of each subject was recorded.Linear regression analysis in grouping was done between the length of thoracic segments of spine and body height,and than the linear regression equations for stature estimation were produced based on the dimensions of thoracic segments.Results 7 regression equations were established from 7 groups(mixture between males and females,males,females,males between 20 and 45 years of age,males greater than 45 years of age,females between 20 and 45 years of age and females greater than 45 years of age).Each equation has been checked by analysis of variance of linear regression model and proved to be appropriate in statistic(P