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Estimation of stature from hand and handprint measurements in a monoethnic Maldivian population

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dc.contributor.affiliationsCentre of Research for Fiqh Forensics and Judiciary
dc.contributor.affiliationsUniversiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
dc.contributor.affiliationsMaldives Police Service
dc.contributor.affiliationsUniversiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
dc.contributor.affiliationsHospital Serdang
dc.contributor.affiliationsUniversiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM)
dc.contributor.authorMohamed I.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSaleem M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorZulkifly N.-R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorIsmail D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMohamed Huri M.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSalina Hishamen_US
dc.contributor.authorMahat N.A.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-29T02:04:46Z
dc.date.available2024-05-29T02:04:46Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractStature estimation from anthropometric measurements of hand and handprints may prove useful in forensic investigations. Since its accuracy may be population specific, and because a similar study on the monoethnic Maldivians in Maldives remains unreported, this current research that evaluates such an aspect merits forensic significance. Using stratified-random sampling, this current research examined the standing height, as well as 22 anthropometric measurements from each hand and handprints collected from consenting 191 male and 193 female Maldivians in Maldives. Univariate and multivariate statistical analyses were used for interpreting the anthropometric measurements and their association in estimating stature. The simple linear regression analysis provided significant (p < 0.05) moderate-highly correlated (range: 0.61-0.70) regressions for hand lengths of hands and handprints of Maldivians for accurate estimation of their stature. The accuracy of the estimated stature (Standard Error of the Estimate, SEE) observed here ranged between 3.82 and 5.76 cm. Stepwise multiple regression analysis provided improved accuracy to the equation (SEE: ±3.78-4.45 cm). The data gathered here are the first of their kind for the Maldivians and may prove forensically relevant in crime scene investigation and disaster victim identification, a pragmatic approach for estimating stature from forensic anthropological means.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00450618.2020.1759685
dc.identifier.issn450618
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85084851983
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85084851983&doi=10.1080%2f00450618.2020.1759685&partnerID=40&md5=8ef496bb78866eb384a03c6c2a8e93a3
dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/10306
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Ltd.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofAustralian Journal of Forensic Sciencesen_US
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectForensic anthropologyen_US
dc.subjectHand and Handprint Measurementsen_US
dc.subjectMaldivesen_US
dc.subjectMaldivian Populationen_US
dc.subjectStature Estimationen_US
dc.titleEstimation of stature from hand and handprint measurements in a monoethnic Maldivian populationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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