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Published on: February 2, 2017
Stature estimation from hand dimensions in a Han population of Southern China
Jianpin Tang1, Rui Chen, Xiaoping Lai
1Department of Forensic Medicine, Guangdong Medical College, Songshanhu, Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China. tangjianpin@hotmail.com
Abstract:
To analyze the relationship between stature and hand dimensions for forensic applications, the stature and hand dimensions of 400 healthy adults aged between 20 and 25 years were measured in a Han population of Southern China. The mean values of the stature are 170.49 and 159.72 cm in the men and the women, respectively. The statistically significant differences between the right- and the left-hand dimensions were not observed in the men, whereas the bilateral differences are statistically significant in female hand dimensions. The correlation coefficients were found to be statistically significant for the hand dimensions in both the sexes. The hand length showed higher correlation coefficients than the hand breadth in both sexes. Linear and multiple regressions were developed in this study; multiple regressions showed higher correlation coefficients than linear regressions. Two regression models could be used to estimate the stature from the hand dimensions in this population.
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