Estimation of Stature from the Anthropometric Measurement of Lower Limb in Iranian Adults

introduction: estimation of stature is one of the most important fields in forensic medicine.also it is of particular interest to anthropologists and anatomist. our aim was to investigate therelationship between stature and the length of lower limb and foot to derive a regression formulafor estimating the stature. methods: three anthropometric measurements stature, lower limb length (lll) and footlength (fl) were taken on the subjects, comprising 142 male students (18-25 years) usingstandard measuring instruments. the data were analyzed using spss 16. then linear regressionmodels were used to estimate stature. results: the results indicated a positive correlation between stature and lower limb and footmeasurements. the correlation coefficient with lower limb length was r=0.89 & p=0.0001 andwith foot length was r=0.78 & p=0.0001. conclusion: there was a significant correlation between stature and lower limb and foot length.as the regression analysis showed, the lower limb length provides better prediction of staturerather than foot length measurements.