Volume : 6, Issue : 6, June - 2017
Middle Finger Length - a predictor of stature in J&K state
Mudasir Ahmad Khan, Javed Ahmad Khan, Majid Ahmad Khan, Shaheen Shahdad
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<p> <b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Times New Roman",serif">Introduction:</span></b><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> Estimation of stature is based on a principle that every body part bears more or less a constant relationship with height of an individual. Based on this the present study was conducted. As the estimation of stature is vital for the identification of an individual in cases of mass casualties.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal; tab-stops:351.9pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Materials and Methods:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi"> The present study was conducted on a sample of 200 medical students (100 males and 100 females) within the age group of 18-25 years, studying in Government Medical College, Jammu. Only those students were taken who belong to J&K state and have no obvious deformity that can affect the measurements.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Times New Roman",serif">Results: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Measurements were analyzed statistically to establish the relationship between middle finger length and stature. The study shows that the middle finger length bears a significant relation to stature and can be an important tool for stature estimation. Linear regression equations were formulated to derive the stature from middle finger length of both sides in males and females.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Times New Roman",serif">Conclusion: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Estimation of stature forms an important parameter to reach to the partial identification of an unidentified body and dismembered remains. The results of the present study indicate that the middle finger length can be efficiently used for estimation of stature. Most authors have underlined the need for population-specific stature estimation formulae. In this study we derived a separate regression equation to estimate stature from middle finger length for J&K state.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></i></b></p>
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Mudasir Ahmad Khan, Javed Ahmad Khan, Majid Ahmad Khan, Shaheen Shahdad, Middle Finger Length‾a predictor of stature in J&K state, GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : VOLUME-6 | ISSUE‾6 | JUNE-2017