Estimating body height from ulna length: need of a population-specific formula

İzzet DUYAR; Can PELİN

Article Details

Estimating body height from ulna length: need of a population-specific formula

Authors:

İzzet DUYAR | Can PELİN

Publisher:

Istanbul University

Journal:

Eurasian Journal of Anthropology 2010 Vol.1 Issue 1, pp.11-17

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2010

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000705320

Frequency:

Monthly

eISSN:

2166-7411

Abstract:

 


In forensic work, it is important to be able to estimate body height from a variety of bones. It is
well known that estimates based on upper limb long bone measurements are highly accurate.
This report describes an equation devised for height estimation in the Turkish population based
on ulna length, and compares the results with ulna-based formulae developed for several other
populations. Anthropometric measurements were recorded for 254 healthy male subjects aged
18-45 years. The subjects were randomly divided into equal-sized study and control groups. A
population-specific formula for height was created based on ulna length of the subjects in the
study group. This formula and 14 other formulae reported in the literature were applied to the
control group and the mean estimation errors were statistically compared. Analyses indicated
that the population-specific equation gave the most accurate results. In addition, the formula
devised by Trotter and Gleser for Mongoloids yielded more reliable results than other formulae.
The Trotter-Gleser formulae for whites are the ones most frequently used in Turkey today;
however, these equations do not yield reliable height estimates for our population.

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Article Details

Estimating body height from ulna length: need of a population-specific formula

Authors: İzzet DUYAR | Can PELİN

Publisher: Istanbul University

Journal: Eurasian Journal of Anthropology 2010 Vol.1 Issue 1, pp.11-17

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 6/2010

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000705320

Frequency: Monthly

eISSN: 2166-7411

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Authors:

İzzet DUYAR | Can PELİN

Publisher:

Istanbul University

Journal:

Eurasian Journal of Anthropology 2010 Vol.1 Issue 1, pp.11-17

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2010

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000705320

Frequency:

Monthly

eISSN:

2166-7411