Abstract
Introduction: Stature of an individual is one of the most important characteristics of identification which is required in medico legal practice quite often. There is direct relationship between anthropometric characteristics and sex, shape and form of an individual. Stature estimation is usually based on measurement of long bones. Ulna is a very useful bone for this purpose. Material and Methods : In this paper, attempts are made for the estimation of the stature of native of Gujarat state at Smt NHL Municipal medical college, Ahmedabad using “Percutaneous ulnar length” in year 2010-2011. Four hundred and fifty ( 450 ) healthy adults ( 245 Males and 205 Females) aged between 17-30 years who are medical students, paramedical students and staff members of Smt. N.H.L. Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad were studied and measurement of stature and percutaneous ulnar length was done for each of them. The ulnar length was measured from tip of olecrenon process to the distal margin of the head of ulna (palpable on the dorsum of the wrist) with forearm flexed and semi pronated and the hand in the neutral position. Observation and Results : We found that the difference in age of Males and Females was statistically not significant with p>0.05 but the difference in Mean stature between Males and Females and the difference in Mean Ulnar length between Males and Females was statistically highly significant (p<0.001).Simple linear regression equations are derived in the study for estimation of height of Males and Females based on length of Ulna.Conclusion : It was concluded that the estimation of Stature among the population can be carried out using measurements of Ulna and there is positive correlation between Stature and Length of Ulna in a particular population.