Abstract
Stature estimation is quintessential to identification in field of forensic medicine and chiefly involves use of long bone measurements. However, difficulties arise in cases of extremely mutilated bodies where it's hard to find intact long bones. The aim of the study is to estimate the stature of deceased from coccygeal measurements and to formulate multiple regression equation for practical usage in forensic casework. A total of 200 medico-legal autopsy cases (157 males, 43 females) representative of northwest Indian population were studied. The straight length of coccyx (CxL) and the widths of first three coccygeal vertebrae (Cx1, Cx2, Cx3) were measured using digital vernier callipers. For standardization of regression equation, 155 cases (125 males, 30 females) having only three coccygeal vertebrae were considered further. The comparison of metric measurements was done using t-test. Karl Pearson's correlation of stature with metric parameters and multiple regression analysis was performed.
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