Correlation between Hand–Length & Body Height in North Indian Population & its Role in Sexual Dimorphism.

Tarsem Kumar; Lt Col Dr Rajat Sharma; Dr Neeta Chhabra; Dr Shaifaly Madan Rustagi; Vandhana Tomar; Dr Asha Changil; Col Dr. M.S Ahuja

Volume : VII, Issue : VII, July - 2017

Correlation between Hand–Length & Body Height in North Indian Population & its Role in Sexual Dimorphism.

Tarsem Kumar, Lt Col Dr Rajat Sharma, Dr Neeta Chhabra, Dr Shaifaly Madan Rustagi, Vandhana Tomar, Dr Asha Changil, Col Dr. M. S Ahuja

Abstract :

It is vital concern for forensic medicine, forensic pathology and anthropology experts to estimate the complete stature, especially when fragmentary remains of victims of mass disasters are ought for postmortem. Complete stature reconstruction from available fragments depends upon the facts that each part exhibit consistent ratios when compared with complete height of an individual. Present study is done to find out ratio between hand–length and body height in Haryana region of India. Results of the study reveal highly significant gender differences between the selected parameters necessitating the need for separate data for two sexes. The mean values of handlength for right and left hands females were 172.09±9.21 and 172.69±9.42. The mean values of handlength for right and left hands males were 186.69±10.49 and 188.08±11.0. The mean values of height were for male and female were 1894.07±65.93 & 1703.70±51.71 & their handlength/body height ratio were ratio found to be 0.11±0.01.for both the right and left hand were found out to be positively significant with correlation coefficient of 0.079 and 0.010 for present population. Mean values thus obtain for both sexes of Haryana, part of north India can be used practically in anatomy, forensic and archeological investigation. < clear="all" style="page–eak–before:always;mso–eak–type:section–eak" />