TY  - JOUR
T1  - Do the measurements of head, face, and sternum predict body height in forensic anthropological cases?
AU  - Duyar, İzzet
AU  - Pelin, Can
AU  - Atamtürk, Derya
PY  - 2018
DA  - December
JF  - Eurasian Journal of Anthropology
JO  - Euras J Anthropol
PB  - ÖREN-ADRAMYTTEİON ANTİK KENTİ KÜLTÜR TURİZM VE DOĞA DERNEĞİ
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2166-7411
SP  - 49
EP  - 56
VL  - 9
IS  - 2
LA  - en
AB  - Sex, age, and body height are of fundamental importance in theidentification of individuals in medicolegal investigations. Bodyheight can be calculated more accurately from the measurementsof main long bones of upper and lower limbs. In case of a lack oflimb segments or the long bones of the extremities, thedimensions of the head, face, and sternum are thought to begood predictors for living stature. In the present study, thecorrelation between the measurements of the head, face andsternum and body height was examined and univariate andmultivariate regression equations were developed. Anthropometric measurements were taken on 108 healthy male subjectswith a mean age of 22.4 years (SD = 3.35 years). Equations wereconstructed based on the measurements taken from the studygroup (Group I, n = 54) and tested on a cross validation group(Group II, n = 54). The univariate analyses revealed that themeasurements studied could not be used for estimating bodyheight. With multivariate equations considered, the bestpredictors for stature are sternum length and total face height.Therefore, it is concluded that the only way to estimate staturereliably are the latter two variables combined when the craniumand sternum were brought for medicolegal examinations.
KW  - Forensic anthropology
KW  - stature estimation
KW  - anthropometry
KW  - head
KW  - face
KW  - sternum
CR  - Agnihotri AK, Kachhwaha S, Googoolye K, Allock A. (2011) Estimation of stature from cephalo-facial dimensions by regression analysis in Indo-Mauritian population. J Forensic Leg Med 18:167-172.
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/eja/issue//619597
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/807030
ER  -