Estimation Of Stature Using Ulnar Measurements In Adult Males of Ethiopian Population

Abstract

Stature estimation of an individual from body parts & skeleton is very much important in anatomy, anthropology &
forensic medicine. Identification of individuals from mutilated, partially or completely decomposed or amputated
body parts, as a consequence of natural & artificial disasters or of the individuals who are victims of crime is
significant for medico legal purpose.The forearm medial bone of humans known as ulna has a complete
subcutaneous border which extends. This study was intended to define the ulnar measurements for the precise
prediction of height, and to develop regression equations for stature for Ethiopian population from the
anthropometric measurement.
Methods: Cross sectional study was carried out in the Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine & Health
Sciences, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia on a total of 100 subjects. The subjects taken for study were
students and staff members of age between 21-50 years from Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia. Stature and
length of left and right was measured using standard protocol. The tabulated data were subjected to statistical
analysis.
Results:In this study the correlation between stature with length of right ulna and left ulna was analyzed using
Pearson product moment correlation andSpearman’s Rank Order correlation and was found to be positively
correlated.The calculated multiple linear regression equation for stature from the length of right ulna was YR=
77.738 + (3.3329 x Right ulnar length cm) ± 3.959 and for left ulna was YL = 80.946 + (3.239 x left ulnar length in
cm) ± 4.199. The derived formulae can be used for forensic and anthropometric skeletal analysis of Ethiopian
population.