日本人女性の新しい身長推定式

Abstract

The equations most commonly used to estimate the stature of Japanese females are those reported by Fujii (1960). The number of samples is, however, not enough. In the present study, the datasets obtained from 21 cadavers were combined with those provided by Fujii (N = 27) for presenting statistically more reliable stature estimating regression equations for modern Japanese females. In the evaluation of the residual between actual stature and estimated stature, and of the discrepancy between estimated statures based on each of long bones, an improvement of the estimates can be observed for the present formulae. The residuals based on the least square method follow the pattern exhibited by several studies, overestimating stature of very short individuals and underestimating stature of very tall ones. For an improvement of the accuracy of the estimate, the equations using major axis and reduced major axis were calculated. The application of these requations bears evidence that the major axis method leads to lower degrees of error in both short and tall individuals. This indicates that major axis regression techniques are useful when the stature is estimated for very short or very tall individuals.