从中指骨长度推算身高的研究

作者对近年在华南地区收集的,已知生前身高的汉族成年男性骨骼的中指骨近节、中节进行了测量。用直线回归方程、多元回归方程对从中指骨长度推算身高进行了研究。并用50例国人骨骼标本对这些推算身高的方法作了检验。结果表明,中指骨与四肢大型长骨,以及从中指骨长度推算身高的直线回归方程与多元回归方程,对推算身高的价值都是相同的。

STUDY ON THE ESTIMATION OF STATURE FROM PHALANGES OF MIDDLE FINGER

Proximal and middle phalanges of male adult Southern Chinese skeletons with statures recorded before death were measured. The author calculated the coefficients of correlation and regression formulas between the stature and the average lengths of proximal and middle phalanges of middle finger of both sides. The coefficient of correlation and regression formula between the stature and the sum of average length of these two phalanges were calculated. The coefficients of multiple regression formula between the average length of proximal and middle phalanges of both sides and stature were calculated also. All of these formulas were checked on 50 specimens. The results show that the estimation of stature from proximal and middle phalanges appears as reliable as from other long bones. The estimation of stature by the regression formulae based on single phalanx is as accurate as by the multiple regression formula based on two phalanges.