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

Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences

Table 4 Multiple regression equations to estimate the stature from handprint measurements (in mm)

Gender	Equation	R	R²	SEE	95% confidence interval
Male	S = 857.37 + 1.68 MHB − 1.34 F1DL + 6.46 SDL + 0.41 TDL − 2.40 F2DL + 0.16 F3DL	0.729	0.532	43.937	86.117
Male	S = 853.32 + 1.25 MHB − 1.33 F1DL + 5.73 SDL + 2.69 TDL − 4.41 F2DL + 0.89 F3DL	0.728	0.530	44.031	86.301
Female	S = 751.07 + 1.77 MHB − 1.31 F1DL − 3.67 SDL + 7.04 TDL − 0.46 F2DL + 1.79 F3DL	0.611	0.373	47.830	93.747
Female	S = 765.47 + 1.89 MHB − 1.07 F1DL − 3.75 SDL + 6.26 TDL + 1.07 F2DL + 0.68 F3DL	0.601	0.362	48.265	94.599
Combined sex	S = 460.55 + 3.77 MHB − 1.57 F1DL + 3.34 SDL + 4.10 TDL − 2.60 F2DL + 0.68 F3DL	0.819	0.671	51.166	100.285
Combined sex	S = 449.75 + 3.85 MHB − 1.69 F1DL + 3.19 SDL + 4.83 TDL − 2.69 F2DL + 0.21 F3DL	0.815	0.664	51.770	101.469

S stature, 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
*Significant (p < 0.001)