Stature estimation from handprint measurements: an application to the medicolegal investigation

Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences

Table 2 Descriptive statistics for handprint measurements in male and female participants

Gender	Parameter	Right side		Left side		t test
Gender	Parameter	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	t value	p value
Male	MHB	110.64	6.47	110.00	6.48	0.7045	0.4820**
	F1DL	122.77	7.37	122.11	7.41	0.6364	0.5252**
	SDL	175.81	9.19	175.39	9.13	0.3231	0.7469**
	TDL	186.14	9.25	185.48	9.26	0.5020	0.6162**
	F2DL	176.2	8.96	175.65	9.10	0.4295	0.6680**
	F3DL	151.77	8.44	151.28	8.48	0.4110	0.6815**
Female	MHB	98.19	4.08	98.04	4.11	0.2738	0.7845**
	F1DL	114.66	7.40	114.37	7.47	0.2757	0.7831**
	SDL	163.59	6.96	163.39	6.80	0.2185	0.8278**
	TDL	173.01	7.40	172.82	7.47	0.1854	0.8531**
	F2DL	163.24	7.83	163.14	7.83	0.0926	0.9263**
	F3DL	139.90	7.04	139.80	6.94	0.1816	0.9192**

SD standard deviation, MHB maximum handprint breadth, F1DL 1^st digit length, SDL 2^nd digit length, TDL 3^rd digit length, F2DL 4^th digit length, F3DL 5^th digit length
**Not significant (p > 0.05)